Hi, my name is Wedad and I come from a town called Keran in south-west Eritrea. Eritrea is a beautiful country in East Africa and is surrounded by mountains and the Red Sea. I grew up with my grandmother, who loved to cook and taught me all her recipes. My friends and I liked to cook our dishes for each other and so I also learnt how to cook other cuisines. My favourite dish is Salata Banzinjan, an aubergine salad, which I make in lots of different ways.

Eritrean food is typically spicy and is served on one plate to be shared with the whole family. One of the things that we eat often is a fermented bread called injera, which we have at lunchtime. Today, we will be serving injera with Shiro and Salata Banzinjan. I came to the UK in 2012 and the biggest barrier I faced was the language. Now I study English at the Red Cross and one day we were writing about our favourite food. A few weeks later, I brought in the dish that I wrote about – kebab – and my teacher and colleagues liked it so much, she suggested I apply to join Migrateful! I am now a part of the Migrateful community and I hope you enjoy my Eritrean dishes in this class.