List of Nepalese dishes
Newa meal in Kathmandu
climate. Nevertheless, dal-bhat-tarkari (Nepali: दाल भात तरकारी) is eaten throughout the country. Dal is a soup made of lentils and spices. This is served over boiled grain, bhat—usually rice with vegetable stew, tarkari. Condiments are usually small amounts of extremely spicy chutney (चटनी) or pickle (achaar, अचार) which can be fresh or fermented. The variety of these is said to number in the thousands.[1] Other accompaniments may be sliced lemon (kagati) with fresh green chili (hariyo khursani). Dhindo
is a traditional food of Nepal. It also has a high influence of west and central Asian cuisine.
Nepali/Nepalese dishes
momo with sesame yellow and red garlic chili sauce in Nepal
- Aato (made from crushed corn)
- Achaar
- Anarsa - Sweet rice fried cookie
- Alu chop - deep fried smashed potato
- Chiura (flattened rice)
- Bambaisan - dessert / sweet made out of milk in Ilam district
- Bara [2]
- Batuk - Fried black lentil doughnut
- Bhatmaas – Nepali name for fried black soybeans
- Buffalo curd – curddairy product prepared from buffalo milk
- Bhakka
- Bhatmas sadheko - snacks / salsa made from soybean
- Bhogate sadheko - Pomelo salad
- Bhuja or murai - Puffed rice
- Bagiya - (made of rice flour with different kind of salty or sweet fillings cooked boiling water)
- Bhuswa - a spherical-shape sweet flour laddoo made during chhath festival in terai region
- Bhuteko Makkai and Bhatmaas
- Bigauti - sweet made out from cow's colostrum milk
- Bunga ko achar - Salad made from banana flower
- Chauka - flax seed curry
- Chaat
- Chaku (Nepalese cuisine)
- Chamre
- Chatamari
- Chatpate
- Chhurpi
- Chicken curry
- Choila
- Choop (छोप) (Til / Silam / Alas / Filunge / Timmur) - Powdered condiments(Sesame / Perilla / Flaxseed / Niger seeds/Nepali Pepper)
- Chow mein
- chuuk - thickned lemon / lime juice by cooking
- Chukauni[3] - Yoghurt and Potato
- Chunlā
- Chutney
- Curry
- Dal
- Dal bhat
- Dhindo
- Dhikri
- Dhakane
- Daal puri - a traditional snacks in terai region like paratha, made of rice and wheat flour filled with gram pulses.
- Fini roti
- Fried cauliflower
- Fulaura - Fried black lentil balls
- Furandana
- Ghiu/Ghee
- Ghonghi
- Gilo roti
- Gundruk
- Haluwa
- Jaaulo
- Jerry Swari
- Kassar -laddu / sweet made from rice flour
- Khalpi - ripened / matured cucumber pickle (fermented)
- Khatte (roasted rice)
- Khajuri - oil fried cookies
- Kheer
- Khichdi
- Khoa (Kurauni)
- Kinema- fermented soybean
- Kodo ko roti
- Kwati
- Khajuriya - like a cookie, dough is fried in oils made during chhath festival in terai region.
- Lai - sesame seeds or puffed rice mixed with jaggery syrup and shaped as spherical small balls mainly celebrated on maghe sankranti festival (during February).
- Laping
- Makai ko roti
- Masyaura
- Momo (dumpling)
- Mula ko Achar (Fermented)
- Noodle soup
- Phapar ko Roti
- Pokhemma
- Press cake
- Pukala
- Pustakari
- Puwa / chamal ko puwa - made from coarsely grinded rice
- Qeema
- Raita
- Rikikur - Sherpa potato pancake
- Rildhuk / Rildok - mashed and pounded potato Sherpa soup
- Roti
- Saag (Rayo, Mula, Farsi, Tori, Sisnu, Sim)
- Saatu
- Samay Baji
- Sapu Mhicha
- Sekuwa
- Sel roti
- Sidra - small dried fish
- Sikarni - Dessert made from strained yoghurt, fruits and dried nuts
- Sinki (food)
- Sittan - snacks accompanying alcoholic drinks
- Sukkha Roti (Tortilla)
- Sukuti
- Swan Puka
- Tama - bamboo shoots
- Taas[4]
- Tarasari
- Taruwa - made of vegetables dipped in a gram flour batter and fried.
- Thali
- Thukpa- Soup Noodles
- Thakuwa - like cookies made during chhath festival in terai region.
- Wachipa
Curries
- Aloo kauli
- Kukhurako masu – Chicken spiced stew
- goat stew
- Gundruk
- Tama
- Vegetable tarkari
- Pork stew
- Mixed Veg Tarkari
- Masyaura
- Dal
- Saag
- Aloo Tama (potatoes with bamboo shoots)
- Gundruk ko Jhol
- Aloo Kerau
Newa cuisine
- Aalu achar
- Bodi ko Achar
- Chataamari
- Dhau
- Gwaramari
- Kachilaa
- Lakhamari
- Sanyaa
- Sanyaakhunya
- Thwon
- Yomari
- Alu tama
- Choila
- Pau kwa
- Sapu Mhicha
Rajbanshi cuisine
- Bhakkha
- Pitha Bhaja
Tharu cuisine
Beverages
- Aila (liquor)
- Butter tea
- Chhaang
- Chiya(Masala Tea)
- Masala chiya/chai
- Mohi - buttermilk
- Nepali tea/Nepali Chiya – a beverage from the leaves of tea plants produced in Nepal
- Raksi {Senteyrem (in Kalimpong)} (Local liquor)
- Rakura chiya/tea
- Tongba
- Khukuri/Khukri Rum
- Nigar
- Sharbat
See also
References
- ^ "Pickle - Achar - Chutney". Food-nepal.com. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ Pathak, Jyoti (June 20, 2012). "Taste of Nepal: Maas ko Baara, Woh (Lentil Patties)".
- ^ "chukauni| Palpa Dish | Nepali dish | Potato Yogurt Salad | ŕ¤šŕĽ ŕ¤•ŕĽŒŕ¤¨ŕĽ€". YouTube. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ^ "Tass and tawa - Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com.
External links
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