Discover everything you need to know about Teff, the ancient gluten free grain. Join the April 2024 Grains Explorer Challenge now!
Unsub title: “Discover the Nutritional Benefits and Versatility of Teff
Teff is the grain of the month for the Grains Explorer Challenge 2024. This ancient grain is gluten-free and has gained popularity for its nutritional benefits. If you are looking to buy teff, you can find it at stores like Azure Standard and Country Life Natural Foods.
Teff is a versatile grain that can be used in a variety of dishes, from porridges to baked goods. It is known for its earthy flavor and small size, making it a unique addition to your pantry. If you are interested in exploring different grains and expanding your culinary horizons, teff is a great option to try out.
Teff: Unearthing the Secrets of an Ancient, Gluten-Free Wonder Grain
Welcome to April and it’s time for us to introduce a new grain for our grains Explorer challenge for 2024 and this month we’re going to be looking at the world’s tiniest grain te hey y’all welcome back to grain grid my name is Felicia and on this channel we talk all things real whole grains.
From a Biblical perspective so as I mentioned this is another video for our grains Explorer challenge for 2024 where we are exploring all kinds of different grains for 2024 we pick one each month and we experiment with it and we figure it out and these are grains that are not very well known to us so be sure to follow along and if this is your first.
Video that you have seen with the gra and spora Challenge and you want to catch up be sure to check out the playlist up here so you can catch up with the other grains that we’ve explored so far now of course for the full adventure that is actually should reserve for the grainy Bunch so if you one of my grainys you will actually be.
Getting you get extra recipes videos and more so to know more about the grains Explorer Challenge and also to sign up for the grainy Bunch for the full adventure be sure to go to graining grit.com SLG grains Explorer okay so let’s talk about this month’s grain which is TE possibly one that you’ve never heard of and I will go ahead and.
Apologize it advance I feel a little bit under the weather today so got some things going on now as always here’s what we will be covering in this video we will first be talking giving y’all a general overview and history of the grain nutritional benefits what te is used for and we wrap it up with how you can use te in your own kitchen at home.
Before we begin be sure to comment below if you’ve actually used te if you’ve ever heard of it um what do you plan on making with it let me know your thoughts like let especially did you even know about te and then what did you learn in this video just tell me all the things that’s on your brain in the comments below so first off General overview and.
History of te so what in the world is TE it is actually a grain that is predominately grown in Ethiopia it is an ancient grain that they have been growing um archaeologists and historians date it back to about 4,000 Years BC which you know comes right after the flood totally fits it comes in a variety of colors from red to Brown I actually.
Have the brown variety sitting back there and it’s actually the world’s smallest grain I mean these things are tiny I mean you can’t even tell that these are grains each one see right here the light is in it but super super super tiny grains 100 and they say that 140 grains of te can actually fit in your fingernail which is so crazy imagine 140.
Wheat bears you know that’s probably about a cup or more and as I stated it is an ancient grain and it is naturally gluten-free which is why it’s becoming a bit more popular in the west thanks to all the gluten-free diets now as I stated it is predominantly grown in African countries especially Ethiopia I mean this is just.
A pure Ethiopian grain it is a staple this is their staple grain for that country however thanks to Advanced farming methods they are that te can be grown elsewhere and in fact here in the United States Idaho is actually producing some great quality te it is a hearty plant if you feel like growing it it can be grown in all sorts of.
Conditions however it wasn’t until recently that farmers just haven’t really been able to grow it except in Ethiopia as far as where the word te came from It is believed that it comes from the amaric amaric word te which actually means lost which I think is very appropriate because this grain.
Seed is so tiny I can only imagine how many have gotten lost another fun fact is it was actually very sacred in ancient Egypt and in fact it was so sacred that it was usually one of the last Foods placed in an Egyptian Pharaoh’s tomb as their last meal so pretty cool history there again an ancient of Ancient Grains that.
Ultimately wasn’t really even known to us of us to those of of us in the west until fairly recently now next up the nut nutritional benefits of te so like many whole grains is actually a great source of copper manganese magnesium selenium phosphorus and zinc but again that’s in many whole grains now where it does shine it is actually higher in.
Fiber usually than typical wheat and barley so it’s a very high fiber grain and is actually very high in lysing which if you’ve watched me watch videos before wheat as the king of all grains is actually a bit deficient in Ling so I usually say just eat some beans with it or you can actually consume te to be able to get that great licing content.
And that actually leads to the other benefit where TEF is actually a very high protein grain in fact Ethiopia is actually famous for their long-distant Runners and they credit that to te because Ethiopians get about 2third of their protein from this teeny little grain it’s actually a power punch in calcium in fact it actually is the.
Highest amount of calcium as far as the grains go the best amount of calcium is going to be found in TEF and it’s also high in vitamin C another one that is actually a bit deficient with wheat and of course already stated it is a gluten-free grain as well all right so what in the world is this tiny little grain used for and the most famous dish.
That te is used for is the Ethiopian fermented bread called inera it’s actually a flat bread super easy to make as far as like a Sourdough type bread that um as far as that goes um so basically I mean all that you’re doing is just grinding up some te adding in some water let it sit there for four or five days to ferment and then it is a.
Flatbread so you don’t have to worry about like all the rising and all the things like that so again this is the main staple for their bread in Ethiopia and how they use inera bread is a lot like a plate many times it’ll they’ll make these huge um flatbreads of inera and they’ll just serve their food on it and you’re eating the bread as you’re.
Consuming the meal I actually plan on myself making not only inera bread and I do hope to share that with y’all sometime this month um for my grainy and the grainy Bunch I’ll be showing you all the full version where I’m actually wanting to make Dora watt which is a very famous Ethiopian dish with the inera bread and I’m super excited to try.
To make it because I’ve actually never had Ethiopian food before and now I get to do it here at home so be sure to stay tuned my graines now because of the popularity of glutenfree grains and all of that in the west te has also been used for cupcakes and cakes and porridge and I mean just many things that you would use a gluten-free flour or or.
Combination of gluten-free grains um te is actually thrown in there with some of them as well just know that obviously with it being a brown grain the brown one at least that you’re going to get some color to it that you’re not going to get from other grains just remember that it is gluten-free so it’s going to lack that typical chewy type texture um.
That you find when with grains that contain gluten so actually let me know if you’ve actually tried in J bread I love to hear about it do know that typically in the United States if you’ve been to a restaurant to kind of appease Western palettes many times um if it looks fluffier um they’re adding in wheat flour or barley flour so.
Do know that if you’re going out and getting inera bread ask if it’s actually 100% TEF flour used or if they’re adding in those other grains and last but not least how to use TEF in your kitchen so fun fact about te is you actually never find a white flower type version of te and that’s because the grains are so tiny they do not separate they do not.
Separate the brain and The Germ out of Tiff so even if you buy the flour te flour that is a whole grain flour now of course you know on this channel I do recommend Milling it yourself at home because that way you get the full maximum benefits because when you Mill grains oxidation starts to occur and certain vitamins are going to start.
Leaving the scene in just a few days so if you’re if you’re able to grind it at home definitely grind it at home but do know if you um maybe don’t have a Grain Mill right now you can’t actually buy the te flour knowing that it is whole grain so I already mentioned how to use it at home the most popular dish is in jera bread looks super easy to make as.
Of recording this I have not made it yet so for me I’m like oh it look so easy I’m I’m hoping I don’t I have it stuck my foot in my mouth that it is still pretty easy um but that is the most common thing to use T flour but you can actually make te porridge um you can use it in so many things I’ve actually seen it in like gluten-free breads being.
Used they usually they’re adding and of course other things to make it more of a bread type product they also use it in other dishes for Ethiopian cooking like Ethiopian stews so there’s actually many different things to use and that’s what this grains Explorer challenge is all about is to get out of our comfort zone and try new things that we may not have.
Tried on our own so there you go so short intro about te pretty pretty simple grain again this one is I’m most excited about I’ve literally had this on my um on my shelves for a long time now but I’ve just yet to use it do know te is a bit harder to find I did buy mine from Azure standard the the whole grain so I can Mill it myself um I’m not sure.
Where else to find it so I’ll link it if to Azure standard down below um but if I can find it anywhere else like on Amazon I think country living um Foods actually has it so I’ll link them down below and any coupon codes that I have as well so let me know what you plan on trying to use a t do you plan on actually using it this month are you wanting to avoid it.
Like the plague let me know your thoughts down below and as always to catch up on the challenge to sign up for the grainy Bunch view more details see what other grains we’re going to be exploring this year all of those details can be found at grains and grit.com Grains Explorer and as always I hope youall have a wonderful day and I’ll see.
You next week bye
