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Introduction to Daily Life in Bhutan

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Rice

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:46:06 +0000

There are no rice dishes which are the speciality of Bumthang as traditionally Bumthang did not grow rice, because of its high altitude.

Thukpa

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:42:38 +0000

Thukpa is a hearty wheat noodle soup in which vegetables or meat is added.

Jambuli

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:38:55 +0000

Flat wheat noodles, resembling tagliatelli, and flavored with a mixture of Sichuan pepper (thinye) and chillies.

Honey

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:36:39 +0000

Honey harvesting was introduced in Bumthang in the 1980s by Fritz Maurer. Bumthang honey is much sought after.

Bumthang Cheese

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:35:08 +0000

The production of two kinds of European style cheese, Emmenthal and Gouda, was started in Bumthang in the 1970s by Fritz Maurer, a Swiss man who had settled in Bumthang. They have become known as “Bumthang Cheese”.

Puta

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:33:56 +0000

Buckwheat noodles made in the households and served with Sichuan pepper (thinye), chillies and sometimes whey. Can be eaten cold.

Khule

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:31:37 +0000

Flat pancakes made of sweet or bitter buckwheat without any yeast and cooked on a griddle. Eaten with butter, salt, chillis, or any curries (tshoem).

Dongo / Chokdan

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:30:13 +0000

A kind of buckwheat polenta, made by pouring buckwheat flour into hot water. It is eaten with butter, salt, chillies, or any curries (tshoem).

White Beer

passang — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:28:37 +0000

The production of a white beer (weiss bier) called Red Panda was started in Bumthang in the late 1990s by Fritz Maurer, a Swiss man settled in Bumthang.