Nepal
Sisnu ra aloo ko tarkari (Potatoes with Nettles and Spinach)
सिस्नु
Stinging nettle leaves are blanched and cooked with garlic, spices, or lentils into a green Nepali dish.
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Nepal
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Sukuti
सुकुटी
Meat is salted, air-dried, and often grilled or fried with chilli, onion, and spices into Nepal's chewy dried-meat dish.
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Swan pukā
स्वाँ पुक
Spiced minced meat and offal are packed into casing and cooked as a traditional Newari stuffed-meat preparation.
Gandaki, Nepal
Thakali Set
थकाली सेट
The Thakali thali: a full set of rice, dal, curry, greens, pickle and achar on one plate.
Madhesh and Terai, Nepal
Thekua
ठेकुआ
Wheat flour, jaggery, ghee, and cardamom are pressed into patterned discs and fried for the Terai's Chhath festival.
Nepal
Thenthuk
थेनथुक
A Nepali-Tibetan noodle soup with hand-torn noodles, a mountain and daily classic
Tibet, China
Thukpa
थुक्पा
Tibetan-style wheat noodles are simmered in a savory broth with vegetables and meat, a Himalayan soup carried into Nepal and Bhutan.
Nepal
Tila Ko Achar
तिलको अचार
A Nepali sesame-seed pickle, toasted, ground and spiced.
Koshi and Eastern Nepal, Nepal
Tongba
तोङ्बा
Millet is fermented in a wooden vessel and repeatedly steeped with hot water to make a warm eastern Nepali drink.
Koshi and Eastern Nepal, Nepal
Wachipa
वाचिपा
Kirat rice is cooked with chicken and a bitter powder made from burnt chicken feathers, giving the dish its distinctive finish.
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Yomari
योमरी
Rice-flour dough is pinched into a tapered Newari dumpling around molasses and sesame filling, then steamed.