![]() It is made from red chillies, onion, tomatoes and tastes similar to momo chutney but has a thick and coarse texture. This is a side dish which looks like a salsa/sauce/chutney or a pickle. The hot steaming momos is all you need after a tough day for sure when in Bhutan. Rice flour/maida dumplings stuffed with panner, cheese or vegetables served with hot and spicy red chutney. It doesn’t have any taste of it’s own but these are served with Ema datshi or different curries and pickles which makes it tasty. Simple noodles made with Buck wheat are very filling and way more healthy. This tea tastes more like soup but in the cold, windy weather of Bhutan it feels very comforting to have this tea. The tea is made with tea leaves, yak butter and milk with a pinch of salt. The most healthy and tasty drink to have at such high altitudes is Suja or butter tea. ![]() These Datshi is served with rice and pickles. leafy vegetables mostly spinach + cheese becomes Sag datshi. mushrooms + cheese becomes shamu datshi, KEWA DATSHI / SHAMU DATSHI / SAG DATSHIĪny vegetable when mixed with local cheese and made in to a curry becomes a datshi like: Red rice is very healthy and full of nutrients. Staple food which is grown locally with glacier water and is served with almost every dish like different Datshi, curries, dals, pickles. I personally loved it so much that I tried the recipe when I was back. In Bhutan cheese mostly Yak cheese is consumed on a larger scale and its mixed with a variety of vegetables to make different versions of Datshi.īhutan produces some very spicy and hot chillies which makes Ema datshi an interesting dish to try when in Bhutan. Just as its Dal-chawal/roti Subji for us Indians its Ema datshi and red rice for Bhutanese people.Įma = Chillies and Datshi means Cheese. National and most Traditional dish of Bhutan which is cooked and ate in every house hold in Bhutan at almost all meals of the day. Here is the list of foods that we tasted there. Food is normally served in Traditional Wooden Bowls. The food is very hot as they make use of Bhutanese spicy hot chillies in almost all of their dishes. Bhutanese cuisine is a mix of Tibetan, Indian, Chinese and Nepalese food and we had a lovely time savoring on all these goodies while there.īhutanese cuisine is clean and simple and is cooked with minimum ingredients. ![]() While Visiting Bhutan, as vegetarians we had made up our mind that we will be eating only and only rice but Bhutan surprised us with its hot and spicy cuisine. Travel is all about knowing the place in it’s natural beauty, it’s people, its traditions, It’s culture and most most importantly its food.Ī trip to any new place is just incomplete without tasting and knowing it’s food.
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