How to pronounce Quanta

Quanta is written ቋንጣ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kʷʼanta/. In plain English letters that is KWAN-ta, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Quanta?

Quanta is a snack of Ethiopia. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are beef. It tastes spicy and savory.

Where Quanta comes from

Quanta is one of 23 signature dishes of Ethiopia on this map.

• Doro wat ዶሮ ወጥ · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Doro wat is the chicken stew of Ethiopian feasts.

• Genfo ገንፎ · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Genfo is a stiff porridge of barley or wheat flour, known as ga'at in Tigrinya and marqaa in Oromo, and one of the common breakfast dishes of Ethiopia; it is also eaten in Eritrea.

• Firfir ፍርፍር · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Firfir, also called fit-fit, is the classic breakfast of Ethiopia, also eaten in Eritrea.

• Kinche ቂንጨ · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Kinche, qinch'e in Amharic, is a porridge that English sources call a very common and cheap Ethiopian breakfast or supper.

• Gored gored ጎረድ ጎረድ · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Gored gored is a raw beef dish of Ethiopia, called gurguddaa in Oromo, and like kitfo it is widely popular and considered a national dish.

• Tibs ጥብስ · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Tibs are pieces of meat sauteed with vegetables, one of the best-loved dishes of Ethiopia.

Food of Ethiopia

Dishes like Quanta in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Quanta:

• Pastırma · Snack · Kayseri, Türkiye

  Pastırma is beef, cured with salt, pressed to squeeze out water and air-dried, then covered with a thick paste of fenugreek, garlic, red pepper and cumin called çemen, and dried again.

• Lukanka луканка · Snack · Central Bulgaria, Bulgaria

  Lukanka is a semi-dried Bulgarian salami with a flattened shape, a brownish-red grainy inside and a skin usually covered in white mould.

• Pirot flat sausage пиротска пеглана кобасица · Snack · Southeastern Serbia (Pirot), Serbia

  Pirotska peglana kobasica, the flattened sausage of Pirot, is made by a special method found only in the Pirot area of south-eastern Serbia, in the upper Nišava valley on the slopes of Stara Planina, a land of herders since ancient times.

• Sukuti सुकुटी · Snack · All Nepal, Nepal

  Sukuti is dried meat of Nepalese origin, most often buffalo, though lamb or goat are also used.