How to pronounce Tella

Tella is written ጠላ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tʼəla/. In plain English letters that is TEH-la, 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 Tella?

Tella is a drink of Ethiopia. Where it comes from: Amhara. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes sour.

Where Tella comes from

Tella is one of 23 signature dishes of Ethiopia on this map. See all dishes from Amhara.

• Shiro ሽሮ · Main dish · Northern Ethiopia

  Shiro is a stew of powdered chickpeas or broad bean meal, eaten for lunch or dinner, that English sources say originated in northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea; it is called shiro wat in Amharic and tsebhi shiro in Tigrinya, and it is an essential dish on both sides of the border.

• Tej ጠጅ · Drink · Amhara

  Tej is a honey wine, similar to mead, brewed and drunk in Ethiopia and Eritrea and often called the national drink of Ethiopia; English sources on regional cooking describe it as the sweet honey wine of the Amhara.

• Ambasha አምባሻ · Bread & pastry · Amhara

  Ambasha, called himbasha in Tigrinya, is a slightly sweet celebration bread shared by Ethiopia and Eritrea, made in several regional and national styles.

• Injera እንጀራ · Bread & pastry · Ethiopian Highlands

  Injera is a large, spongy, sour flatbread made from teff, a tiny grain domesticated in the Ethiopian highlands thousands of years ago.

• Doro wat ዶሮ ወጥ · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Doro wat is the chicken stew of Ethiopian feasts.

• Kitfo ክትፎ · Main dish · Gurage Zone

  Kitfo is finely minced raw beef, warmed in spiced clarified butter and seasoned with mitmita, a hot chilli spice blend.

Food of Ethiopia

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• Berliner Weisse Berliner Weiße · Drink · Berlin, Germany

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