Table 1 Sampled street food items with their ingredients and description, in selected towns of Ethiopia, 2022

Sambussa/ samosa/

Wheat dough, salt, oil, chopped onions and red pepper, cooked rice, cooked lentils,

The dough prepared flatly and other ingredients rolled in triangle shape with it and roasted in deep frying oil.

Kokor/Ethiopian crunchy biscuit/

Wheat dough, salt, oil

Pre-determined dough made round/oval and put in boiled oil and fried

Ambasha/ Ethiopian wheat based flat bread/

Wheat dough, salt, baking powder, oil

The dough made flat on the hot plate and backed

Injera (flattened bread)

Teff (Eragrostis tef) dough

Fermented teff (Eragrostis tef) batter will be backed on hot plate and backed for 2–3 min

Omolicho

Ensete (ensete ventricosum), haricot been, chopped cabbage, onion, oil, salt, butter

All ingredients cooked step by step

Pasta

Wheat dough, chopped onions, meats, spices, oil, salt

Boiled pasta mixed with stew and other spices

Potato

Potato, salt, chili pepper, locally made spices (data/doko)

boiled Potato peeled and other ingredients will be added

Avocado

Bread, avocado, onion, salt

Avocado peeled and smashed then onion and salt added

Egg

Bread, egg,, oil, salt, onion, chili pepper

Egg roasted and other ingredients will be added

Bread

Wheat dough, salt, backing powder,

The dough will wrapped with the leaf of ensete ventricosum and backed

Bonbolino

Wheat dough, salt, sugar, oil

Wheat dough made circle open in the center and roasted in frying oil

Donut

Wheat dough, salt, melted sugar, oil

Wheat dough made circle open in the center and roasted in frying oil and pour the melted sugar on the top.