Bhutanese Cuisine

 

Bhutanese Delicacies are limited with spicy Chillies and Cheese. However you will be served a Buffet of continental food with some local dishes too. On Treks, our trained cooks prepare dishes suitable to western tastes ranging from continental to Chinese and Bhutanese to Indian.

 The staple diet here is rice. Cheese is lavishly used with chilies in meat or vegetable curries. In Bhutan chilies are treated as vegetable and not a spice. The chilies here are a pretty sight they come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Vegetarian dishes

Ema-datsi. Ema (Chili) and datsi (a kind of cottage cheese) a hot favorite for the young and old. A rare combination of cheese an chilies which is a featured menu in every household.

 Kewa-datsi. Kewa (potato) datsi (cheese) a yummy potatoey cheesy dish.

 Shamu-datsi. Shamu (mushroom) datsi (cheese) a truly rich and delicious dish.

 Kewa-datsi and shamu-datsi are less spiced up and go well with red rice.

Cheese momo. Are dumplings filled with cheese and veggies like cabbage, spinach and onions. They usually served with ezay (chili chutney).

 Khuli. Buckwheat pancakes- goes well with ema-datsi