Sunday, February 18, 2007

Appetizers/snacks

Chatanmari -
Rice flour pizza with meat or egg topping or plain. A just reward after a hard day’s sight-seeing.

Chhoyla -
Roasted meat diced and spiced, a versatile snack. Chomp it with flattened rice and wash everything down with homemade liquor.

Gundruk-ko Jhol -
A soup of dried and fermented green vegetables. Slightly sour, slightly tangy, it’ll have you smacking your lips.

Kwati -
Soup of different sprouted beans. A festival specialty and great way to begin dinner.

Momo-cha -
Dumplings filled with minced meat, served steamed or fried. Terrifically popular appetizer, afternoon snack or evening meal. Do you know how to make Momo-cha? Learn more...

Samay Baji -
A ritual dish consisting of flattened rice, roasted meat, smoked fish, boiled egg, black soybeans and diced ginger.

Sekuwa -
Barbecued meat. Mutton, duck, chicken, buff, wild boar - take your pick. Goes famously with drinks.

Sukuti -
Hot and spicy concoction of dried meat roasted over a charcoal fire. Something to munch on between sips.

Tama-ko Jhol -
Hot and sour soup of bamboo shoots.

Tawkhaa -
Jellied meat curry served cold. With a plate of Tawkhaa and a glass of wine by your side, who needs a festival?

Wo -
Lentil flour patty with or without meat/egg topping. As a festival snack or an afternoon bite, nothing even comes close.

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