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Nepali & Indian Recipes
Cook the dishes we grew up on — dal bhat, momo, gundruk ko jhol, sel roti, sukuti sadeko, masala chai and more. Each recipe walks through the ingredients and method, and links the pantry staples you can order and have shipped across Canada.
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How to Make Nepali Momo (Chicken & Veg), Step by Step
Dough, filling, pleats, steam, and the fiery tomato-sesame achar — how to make momo at home the Nepali way.
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Aloo ko Achar Recipe: Nepali Potato Salad
Boiled potatoes tossed with roasted sesame, timur and a squeeze of lemon: Nepal's tangiest, most addictive potato salad.
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Bhatmas Sadeko Recipe: Spiced Soybean Snack
Crunchy roasted black soybean tossed with onion, timur and mustard oil, Nepal's favourite tea-time nibble made in twenty minutes.
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Choila Recipe: Newari Spiced Grilled Meat
Smoky grilled meat, a sizzling mustard oil tarka and the tingle of timur: this is choila the way Newari kitchens actually make it.
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Dal Bhat Recipe: Nepal's Everyday Meal
Rice, dal, a vegetable curry and a spoon of pickle: this is the plate that feeds Nepal every single day.
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Gundruk ko Jhol Recipe: Fermented Greens Soup
A sour, warming bowl of fermented gundruk simmered with potato and tomato, the way Nepali kitchens have made it for generations.
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How to Cook Perfect Basmati Rice
Soak it, measure it right, and stop stirring: here's how to get fluffy, separate basmati every single time.
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Masala Chai Recipe: Nepali-Style Spiced Tea
The chiya every Nepali kitchen actually makes: CTC tea leaves, whole spices and milk boiled down until the whole house smells like home.
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Nepali Dal Recipe: Simple Everyday Lentils
One pot, one ladle, and the lentil soup that shows up on every Nepali table, every single day.
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Pani Puri Recipe: Golgappa at Home
Crispy puri, tangy-spicy pani and a soft potato filling: the whole golgappa experience, built in your own kitchen.
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Rajma Chawal Recipe: Kidney Bean Curry & Rice
Slow-simmered kidney beans in a spiced onion-tomato gravy, ladled over fluffy basmati rice: the ultimate Sunday comfort meal.
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Samay Baji: The Newari Festive Platter
One plate, a dozen textures: samay baji is the Newari way of putting an entire festival on a single thali.
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Sel Roti Recipe: Sweet Rice-Flour Ring
Crispy outside, soft and springy inside: the sel roti ring that shows up at every Nepali Tihar table, made right in your own kitchen.
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Sinki ko Achar Recipe: Fermented Radish Pickle
Sour, smoky, tempered in mustard oil and timur: sinki ko achar is the hill-country pickle that makes a plain plate of dal bhat sing.
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Sukuti Sadeko Recipe: Spicy Dried-Meat Salad
Smoky buff sukuti tossed with mustard oil, timur and green chili: the tangy Nepali bar snack that turns any evening into a gathering.
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Thukpa Recipe: Himalayan Noodle Soup
A steaming bowl of thukpa is the fastest way to warm up on a rainy Vancouver evening, and it only takes one pot.
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