Ethiopian Cream of Oatmeal (YeAjja Atimit)

My Ethiopian Cooking: Cream of Oatmeal (YeAjja Atimit)

Ingredients:

1 cup oat flour or 2 cups coarse-cut oats
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon honey or sugar
2 teaspoon purified butter (if desired)
4 cups water

Preparation:

Oat flour cream: mix the flour with cold water and milk; bring to boil; stir continuously; boil for 20 minutes until smooth and creamy; add butter, honey or sugar; stir well; remove from heat; drink it hot.

Coarse-cut oats cream: soak the oats with six cups of cold water for two to three hours; blend and strain the liquid into a boiling pot; add milk; stir continuously and boil for 20 minutes until smooth and creamy; add butter, honey or sugar, stir well; remove from heat; drink it hot.