Cuisine of Bhutan is delectable and satiates you. The travelers will be amazed to find such a wide variety of vegetarian and non vegetarian Cuisine of Bhutan. Ema datshi , a dish made from cheese and chili will surely win your favor. Yak meat is another trademark dish of the Bhutanese.
The Cuisine of Bhutan is not at all spicy. Capsicum onum is the most popularly used chili used in the Bhutan Cuisine. Chili is used in great quantity in all the preparations. People of Bhutan have a strange fascination for chili. Rice is another important ingredient used as a staple diet. Curry with rice is the most prevalent breakfast or meal. Two varieties of rice , white rice in the urban areas and red rice in the rural areas are used for consumption. Rice based dishes include Desi, which is prepared by mixing rice, sugar, butter, golden raisins, and saffron is very popular. Another dish called Zow which is made out of fried rice sugar and oilseeds.
Eastern Bhutan has wheat as the most important food item. Noodles are the staple diet of the population here. Flavored bamboo shoots and Thukpa a porridge with noodles is lip smacking. The non vegetarians can try out the yak meat which very tasty. The yak herders sell meat, cheese and butter in the autumn. The dried variety of yak meat is more delicious.
Pa is the most common and mouth watering meat curry found in Bhutan. This is a white curry which is prepared by boiling vegetables, chilies and big chunks of meat. Zhasonpa is another favorite Cuisine of Bhutan. The only difference is that chicken is used instead of yak meat in this curry.
Momos are actually a Tibetan dish which is also very popular in Bhutan. Chicken and pork momos are the most favorite. Suja , the butter tea or Ara the local wine is also tasty.
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