Nepal
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Dal Bhat
Nepal's twice-a-day covenant: steamed rice with lentil soup, curried vegetables, greens and pickles on a brass plate — eaten by nearly every Nepali, every day. Ingredients: rice, black or yellow lentils, turmeric, ghee,…
Momos
Kathmandu's beloved dumplings: thin-skinned parcels of spiced buffalo or chicken, steamed and served with a sesame-tomato achar — by the plate of ten, gone in minutes. Ingredients: flour dough; filling: minced buff or ch…
Thukpa
The Himalayan noodle soup: hand-pulled or rolled noodles in a spiced meat and vegetable broth, carried from Tibet into every mountain teahouse. Ingredients: wheat noodles, yak, buffalo or chicken, potatoes, carrots, spin…
Sel Roti
The golden ring of Tihar: a crisp, lacy rice-flour doughnut fried in ghee, sweet and chewy — cooked by sisters for their brothers at Bhai Tika. Ingredients: rice flour, milk, sugar, ghee or butter, fennel or cardamom (op…
World Cuisines
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