How to pronounce Qarta

Qarta is written қарта where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /qɑrˈtɑ/. In plain English letters that is kar-TAH, 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 Qarta?

Qarta is a main dish of Kazakhstan. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are offal. It tastes rich and smoky.

Where Qarta comes from

Qarta is one of 11 signature dishes of Kazakhstan on this map.

• Baursak бауырсақ · Bread & pastry · All Kazakhstan

  Baursak are small pieces of dough, round or square, deep-fried until puffy and golden.

• Kumis қымыз · Drink · Kazakhstan

  Kumis, qymyz in Kazakh, is fermented mare's milk, a drink the Turkic and Mongol nomads of the steppe have made for thousands of years; the Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Bashkirs, Tatars, Kalmyks, Mongols and Yakuts all drink it, and in Mongolia it is called airag.

• Shubat шұбат · Drink · Kazakhstan

  Shubat is fermented camel's milk, a sparkling white drink with a sour taste.

• Kuyrdak қуырдақ · Main dish · Kazakhstan

  Kuyrdak, quyrdaq in Kazakh, is a fry-up of the freshest parts of a newly slaughtered animal, made in Kazakhstan and across Central Asia and Mongolia; it is related to Turkish kavurma.

• Nauryz kozhe наурыз көже · Soup & stew · Kazakhstan

  Nauryz kozhe is the dish with which Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz as nooruz kozho, start the new year at Nauryz, the spring festival of Nowruz, for good luck.

• Zhent жент · Dessert · Kazakhstan

  Zhent is a Kazakh sweet served at the tea table.

Food of Kazakhstan

Dishes like Qarta in other countries

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• Feijoada à transmontana · Main dish · Vinhais, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal

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