Top 10 food you must try in Nepal

Nepal is located between India and China in the Himalayas. This beautiful country is blessed with huge diversity of Landscape, people, mountain, language, culture, custom, tradition & food. People are living in the remote terrain of Himalyas, midland and southern foothill where the land is flat. Most of Nepal is hilly region it occupies nearly 65% of total area whereas the Terai southern flat is 20% and 15% is mountain. Not only the geographic diversity it has big diversity for food and cuisines. Here in this blog we are talking about top 10 food you must try in Nepal. Well we have many varieties of food and drink in Nepal some are really famous and some are not. Below we are talking about some Nepali cusines.

01) Dal Bhat: When we talk about Nepali food here it comes in the front line Dal Bhat. Dal bhat is the set of several food like Rice, Lentil soup, Vegetable Curry, homade pickle, Ghee, Thacked chickpea (Papad), Chicken or Mutton etc. 

Set of Dal bhat

Dal bhat is the last resort for Nepali when they are super hungry. There is nothing which can replace Dal bhat from Nepalis preference. This dish is suitable for Launch & Dinner.

02) Momo: Momo is another food very famous from Nepal. Its very difficult to find any Nepali who isnt familar with the taste of Momo. Its so famous in Kathmandu thus its super easy to find momo center at the corner of the street. 

MoMo

It was orignated in Tibet later came to Kathmandu centuries ago now its super famous over here. Actually Momo is the dumpling covered with spiced meat and vegetable inside either steamed or dip fried served with home made sauce.

03) Newari Khaja Set: Newari Khaja Set is another food you shouldn't miss. It is a set of several dish comes together. This dish is available widely around the local restaurant in Kathmandu or we can search with sign board called Newari Khaja Ghar or it can be found in the local pub as well.

Newari Khaja Set

This comes with Chiura (beaten paddy), Choila (Boiled spiced meat), spicy curry, beans-bamboo shoot soup, fried peanut- cashew etc. This food can be eaten as launch, snacks & for dinner.

04) Chapati Curry: Chapati curry is another dish which is widely eaten in Nepal. This is widely consumed in the midland (hilly region) and in Terai (Low land). Chapati is a thin wheat bread baked on the Pan.

Chapati Curry

This can be served with juice, tea-coffe, relish, home made sauce. This can be widely found all over many restaurant serves this dish. This can be suitable for breakfast, launch, dinner, snacks. Curry comes with Chapati could be different depend on the seasonal vegetable available.

05) Thukpa: Thukpa is a noodle soup also called Tibetan noodle soup which is the combination of Home made noodle, seasonal vegetable, meat, egg mixed with Himalayan spice can give you the real taste of authentic Thukpa.

Thukpa (Tibetean Noodle Soup)

This dish is widely eaten during winter time in the hilly and mountain region. You can easily find the restaurant who serves this dish but for the typical taste Tibetean restaurant or Sherpa restaurant is the best place.

06) Porridge with Nettle Soup: This is one of the authentic dish from remote mountain terrain since the ancient time. This was major dish from high hilly and mountain region as its impossible to grow rice at high altitude.

Porridge with Nettle soup

The porridge can be from corn, wheat, barley and buckwheat. This can be eaten as launch, dinner whereas small portion of it can be suitable for breakfast and snacks. This dish can be found easily in Nepali restaurant.

07) Chatamari: Chatamari is one of the typical dish from Kathmandu valley. It can be said Chatamari is a pizza of Nepali version. Rice flour pancake is baked on the pan later topped with egg and spice minced meat and some seasonal vegetable and some grains.

Chatamari

It can be easily found in local Newari restaurant in Kathmandu. It can be eaten as snacks, launch & dinner. Trust you will like the taste of this food.

08) Sel roti Achar: Sel roti Achar is another famous dish from Nepal. Sel roti is rice flour donought  cooked in dip fried oil. This food is widely eaten in Nepal mostly in Hilly region and Kathmandu valley.

Sel roti

It is served with Achar (spicy curry) which adds up extra mouth watering flavor. This dish can be eaten as Launch, dinner, snacks & breakfast. To witness cooking this bread we have to walk the street of Kathmandu in the morning time.

09) Shukuti (Dry meat): Shukuti is a kind of dry meat which is consumed after it get dried. The fresh meat is cut into small thread piece and hang over the cooking place or fire place to make it durable. This can be fried or can mix with vegetable curry-soup.

Shukuti

Shukuti is regard as a best snacks for rice whisky but be aware before chewing it because its way harder to chew down then you imagine.

10) Tongba: Tongba is a drink served in a wooden pot with a sucking straw. The mixture of fermented millet & barely is kept inside the wooden pot and drink with straw after pouring hot water on it. It is called Tibetean hot beer with another name.

Tongba also called Tibetean hot beer