[NEPAL] Gourmet Party

Deal L:

Happy Friday! A Nepali cocktail for you all.

It has been rainy and grey all day... What could be a better way to pass time than seeking some decent local food and drink pots of milk tea? I had this fabulous Nepali dinner at Kathmandu last week.  

Wonderful food!!!

And now, I want to show you my full exploration of food here.
Indian and Tibetan food are two of the major component of Nepali cuisine. And although, traditional Nepalese food is often described as 'blend', Nepalese cuisine is actually pretty healthy and nourishing. 
The most popular Nepalese food includes the main dish called ‘dhal bhat tarkari’.  Dhal bhat tarkari consists of rice , curried vegetables and a type of lentil soup know as dhal.  See below:

dhal bhat tarkari

        Although Bhat is certainly a staple Nepalese food, in some areas where rice is scare (primarily in poor and high-altitude areas) the staple food is usually dhiro, a thick mush which is produced from corn or millet.

Momo

 Another popular cuisine in Nepal and other Tibetan area is a food looks pretty much like Chinese dumpling. However, it is called Momo in Nepal. From what I've told by local people, they are traditionally filled with yak meat (Don't worry if you don't eat yak, momos can be filled with pretty much anything you like.)
Nepal, being a largely Hindu country, has 3 favorite fillings for their momos: vegetable, potato or (for the non veggies) ground meat (lamb, chicken, turkey...maybe even yak)

See what inside the momo

 The last food I want to recommend to you today is the Nepal Yogurt. It is called Juju Dhau in some local areas.      

Juju Dhau

       In Nepal, Juju Dhau is used not only for culinary purposes,but also has deeply roots in Nepali cultural traditions,rituals,and religions. For example, it can be eaten to purify oneself during religious fasting days. It is also consumed as an auspicious blessed food, before departing from home. 
    
Want to see more Nepal food? Click here!!:  http://nepal.saarctourism.org/nepal-food.html