7 Nepal Foods you can't miss!

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Kathamandu is your place to try out the delicious Nepali Cuisine. While Momos and Thukpas are omnipresent here, do try out the authentic Newari dishes listed below!

Go local here, and explore the road-side joints, over the cafes and the restaurants!

Chatamari: This is the Nepali Rice thin crust Pizza (That’s the closest I can describe it)! It has eggs/meat thinly spread on the top.
The Thin egg topping on the rice-flour pancake - Chatamari
Price: 80 Nepali Rupees, Where to Eat: Street side joints at Thamel, Kathmandu

Newari Khaja Set: This is the set meal lunch of Nepal. It has dal(lentil), Bhaat (rice), a curry, and typically accompanied by a leafy Gundruk (side dish), and some pickles. Non vegetarians get an additional serving of chicken, mutton or buff serving.

Khaja Set with Rice, Dal, Chicken and Gundruk(Leafy side dish) along with pickle
Price: 200-400 Nepali Rupees. Where to Eat: Street-side Joints, as well as all restaurants in Nepal.

Yomari: This is a rice flour dumpling, with a sweet filling inside. The shape is quite peculiar and cute!

Rice Dumpling with sweet filling - Yomari
Price: Nepali 50Rs; Where to Eat: Any Nepali Road-side joint

Bajuko Sekuwa: This is barbequed meat – in three variants – chicken, mutton and Buff(Buffalo meat is called Buff here)

Barbequed Buffalo Meat - Bajuko Sekuwa
Price: Nepali 100Rs, Where to Eat: Thamel Market, Kathmandu

Bara: These are small pancakes made of ground lentil – it does have egg or meat as add-on options!

Lentil Pancake - Bara; Chicken and Egg variants also available

Price: Nepali 50Rs; Where to Eat: Bhaktapur, Kathmandu from any Newari Joint

Bhatmas Sadeko: It’s a kind of a salad, made from soya beans. The one we had was adequately spicy, in the cold weather of Chitwan!

Soya Beans Salad - Bhatmas Sandeko
Price: Around 150-200 Nepali Rs, Where to Eat: Chitwan, Kathmandu road side

Thingmo & Phing: Thing-mo is a porous bread, and Phing is the soupy broth (with noodles, Buffalo/Chicken/Meat added), which is the side dish the Thing-mo is served with.
Porous Bread with Noodles and Buffalo Soup - ThingMo & La-Phing

Price: 200 Nepalese Rs; Where to Eat: Yak Restaurant, Thamel, Kathmandu

Ju Ju Dahi: This is a special curd make from Buffalo Milk, and is available in the Bhaktapur Durbar Square area.

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