Flax Seeds Dipping Sauce

This dipping sauce is one of Ethiopian flax seeds recipes. It is served with injera or bread as a snack or breakfast.

Ingredients:

1 cup flax seeds
1 teaspoon chili powder (berbere or ½ teaspoon mitmita)
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup cold water or more
a pinch of garlic powder
salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation:

1st Step: Grind the flax seeds into fine powder; sift if needed;

2nd Step: Combine the flax powder with cinnamon, garlic, salt, black pepper, cold water, red chili pepper or honey and oil; whisk it well; if needed add more water; whisk it again until smooth and thick;

3rd Step: Cover tightly and keep it in the fridge. Serve it cold with bread of your choice.

If preferred, you may add 1 tablespoon of honey and ½ teaspoon cinnamon instead of the chili powder.

P.S. Roasting the flax seeds not required. But make sure that the flax seeds are crisp dry.

For nutritional facts of this recipe please visit http://www.recipezaar.com/353572. For vitamin content please click on "Print Recipe" on aforementioned site.