BHUTANESE Street Food That Will BLOW Your Mind

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: cream

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

mushrooms

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: canned mushrooms

Zucchini offers a low-calorie alternative, while canned mushrooms are budget-friendly.

Welcome to Bhutan. This is emadachi, a hot bubbling cheese and chili stew.

Emadachi is made with fresh green chilies simmered with soft local cow's milk cheese.

Serve it with fluffy red rice, which soaks up the cheesy sauce perfectly.

Next, we have fak shapa, which is pork with red chilies, slowly cooked with radish and greens.

The dish has big dried chilies that infuse a smoky heat.

Then we have jasha maru, a simple chicken stew made with minced chicken, garlic, ginger, fresh tomatoes, and plenty of chilies.

Mix the chicken stew with red rice to let the grains soak up the fragrant broth.

Now, let's talk about momos, which are dumplings filled with meat or vegetables, steamed or fried.

Dip the momos in a fiery, tangy sauce to enhance the flavor.

Next, we spotlight bhin red rice, which is the foundation of the diet in Bhutan.

The rice cooks up pale pink to reddish brown and is perfect for stews and curries.

Now, let's try suja, Bhutanese butter tea, made with tea leaves, hot water, salt, and butter.

Suja is savory, thick, and creamy, often paired with zaw roasted rice krispies.

Next, we have shakam pa, which is dried beef stewed with dried chilies and radish.

After the heat, enjoy simple butter cookies and sweet breads with tea.

To find these dishes, start in Thimfu markets, especially the Centenary Farmers Market and the clock tower area.

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