Hi Friends,
Long time no bloggin. We have an excuse though, Rube went up North to see the fam and I shot off to Nepal for a little visit. The upside to our long awaited return is that I managed to eat vast amounts of the Nepalese cuisine (I even took some photos).
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| Mustard greens going to flower to make oil |
Nepal's food was very simple and 'peasent-ish' but, with the spice mixes, techniques and probably huge amounts of ghee that they use, absolutely delicious. For the first week I ate Dhal Bhaat for breakfast lunch and tea. Dhal Bhaat normally came in the form of rice, dhal, stir fried mustard greens, vegetable curry, a tomato pickle, maybe some fresh carrot/radish/daikon and a papadum. I tend not take rolls of photos whilst eating (scarred from the iphone users in restaurants) so the only photos I did take were of food being grown or made.
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| Corn is grown in huge proportions in the wet season and dried to last all year |
One amazing place we found in Katmandu was a tandoori and naan house situated in a dusty dark garage. We were originally drawn to it by the tandoori oven at the front of the shop with a guy shaping naan by hand. For 50c you are able to get the best naan of your life smothered with about five cloves of garlic and a bowl of spicy dhal to be scooped with your naany goodness. I ended up going everyday for the last three days I was in Nepal.
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| Naan in the oven |
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| Dear Australian naan makers, this is how much garlic you need to use |
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| Some fools ordered a plain naan |
Another great food moment in Katmandu was a saturday morning at the '1905 cafe'. Yes, a farmers market in Nepal! The market was small- full of ex-pats and food travellers. They were full of breads, meats, cheeses, organic veges, honey and even a strawberry store! I munched on a cinnamon scroll, some white chocolate truffles and took three punnets of strawberries back for dinner.
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| A nice change from breakfast dhal |
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| Yeah, I ate alot of these badboys |
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| Some berry scrolly thing that a friend got |
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| Seconds before devouring |
Street food in Nepal consists of popcorn, lots of fruit including delishous pomegranates and a local and tourist favourite MOMO'S! Momos are a dumpling often served with a spicy tomato chutney. I often opted for the vege momos as I predominately eat vegetarian and the meat was mostly sold and prepared on the streets unrefrigerated.
