Cuisine in Nepal

Dal Bhat

Everyday meal featuring lentil soup with rice, curry side dishes, and pickles on one plate.

• Region: Nationwide
• Main ingredients: Rice, Lentils, Seasonal vegetables, Ghee, Spices

Momo

Steamed dumplings filled with buffalo or chicken mince, served with spicy achaar.

• Region: Tibetan cultural areas
• Main ingredients: Wheat flour, Meat, Onion, Garlic, Ginger

Sel Roti

Sweet ring-shaped fried dough made from fermented rice flour, essential for festivals.

• Region: Hill regions
• Main ingredients: Rice flour, Sugar, Ghee, Cardamom

Gundruk

Fermented dried greens soup with characteristic lactic acid sourness.

• Region: Mountain villages
• Main ingredients: Mustard greens, Tomato, Garlic

Chatamari

Newari pizza: rice flour crepe topped with meat or egg.

• Region: Kathmandu Valley
• Main ingredients: Rice flour, Egg, Minced meat, Spices

Yomari

Steamed sweet dumpling: triangular rice flour dumpling filled with brown sugar sesame paste.

• Region: Newar
• Main ingredients: Rice flour, Chaku (brown sugar), Sesame

Chow Mein

Nepali-style fried noodles with thin noodles stir-fried.

• Region: Urban areas
• Main ingredients: Wheat noodles, Vegetables, Chicken, Soy sauce

Tongba

Mountain local alcohol: fermented millet drink sipped from bamboo container with hot water.

• Region: Eastern highlands
• Main ingredients: Millet, Yeast, Hot water

Raksi

Local liquor distilled from rice or millet.

• Region: Nationwide
• Main ingredients: Grains, Yeast

Kwati

Nutritious soup cooked with nine types of beans.

• Region: Magar-Gurung areas
• Main ingredients: Various beans, Spices