Friday 1 September 2017

Taro and Potato Curry ( Karkalo Curry)

Easy to make, tasty to eat

Required Ingredients
1. Taro Leaves in pieces
2.Diced Potatoes
3.Onion
4.Tomatoes
5.Lemon

First, heat oil in the pressure cooker.

Fry the onion pieces until it is brown

Add potatoes and Taro leaves pieces

Finally add turmeric, salt , tomato pieces and some water


Mix it well and cover it with the pressure cooker lid.

Cook for 10-12 minutes

Finally add the lemon juice as per the taste.

Serve with rice



Saturday 12 August 2017

Food and Festivals according to Great Grand Mother

The food taken depends upon the festival and the seasons

Winter Celebrations (Maghe Sankranti)
Fulauro: A snack made from black bean by mixing garlic and ginger
Yam: Forest Yam, Domestic Yam and different types of yam

Summer Celebrations (Saune Sankranti)
Tongba: Fermanted Millet Juice
Bhutan (Buff)
Buff curry
Roasted Buff Meat ( For offering ancestors )

Chasuwa
In this celebration, the first rice harvest is offered to ancestors along with other different varieties of food.

Fried wasp, fish,Sanga: An uncooked insect with an odor, Ginger, Chilli, Dried fish, Ghee, Curd, Milk products (Mahi, Kuraune), Alcohol,  Beer, Chicken soup and Umung: parts of chicken fried with rice, Egg, Bamboo shoot, Beans, Dried Buffalo Skin or leg-offered to ancestors.

Goath Puja( A ritual conducted for the well being of Cow)
Milk and Rice pudding

Seasonal vegetables
Cucumber (eaten raw, Khalpi: Bottled pickle )
Pumpkin Curry
Bean Curry
Tomato ( ground pickle and mixed with curry)
Bitter Gourd Curry
Bottle Gourd Curry
Cyclanthera pedata aka Chuche karelaa Curry
Chayote aka iskus curry
Mustard leaf curry
Broad mustard leaf curry
Radish (Curry and Pickle)
Kinema Soup: A fermented variety of soybean
Gundruk: A fermented variety of radish leaf, mustard leaf.
Bamboo shoot curry
Taama : A fermented variety of bamboo shoot
 Baby Fern leaf curry
Potato Curry and Boiled potatoes as Snacks

Spices
Garlic
Turmeric
Ginger
Bell Chilies
Coriander
fennel


Medicine
Honey

Drink
Tea with salt (Brought from Sipsu Bhutan)





Monday 7 August 2017

Fried Pork Black Bean Daal

1. Boil soaked black bean and sliced pork in a pressure cooker until it is cooked.
2. Take a pan, heat oil, fry onion in it, add ground garlic and ginger paste.

3. Put some sliced tomatoes

4. Add turmeric


5. Finally add the cooked black bean and pork to the pan.
6. Add some water, salt to taste and boil.

6. Serve with rice