Ethiopia Food

Qwant’a is predominantly a snack food served on all opportunity particularly with cocktails. It is highly versatile and can be consumed as it is, fried, cooked in sauce or basis to powder and put in shiro, etc.

Instrument:
glass jar or plastic bag
dehydrater
cloth
covered container or plastic bags

Elements of Qwant’a – Dried meat:
10 Ibs. beef or lamb
to taste salt
1 Tbsp. black pepper
1 cup red pepper (berbere) or red pepper paste (awaze)

How to cook Dried meat – Qwant’a
Trim excess fat from meat and wipe meat with clean cloth. Cut meat into long strips. Mix salt, black pepper and red pepper (berbere) or red pepper paste (awaze) (optional) and rub on strips of meat. Dehydrate meat. Break dried meat into smaller pieces and serve raw or fried. Store in closed jar or plastic bags to retain new and crisp indefinitely. Makes 4-6 servings.

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