Dongo / Chokdan
A kind of buckwheat polenta, made by pouring buckwheat flour into hot water. It is eaten with butter, salt, chillies, or any curries (tshoem).
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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).
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Buckwheat noodles made in the households and served with Sichuan pepper (thinye), chillies and sometimes whey. Can be eaten cold.
View ArticleBumthang Cheese
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...
View ArticleHoney
Honey harvesting was introduced in Bumthang in the 1980s by Fritz Maurer. Bumthang honey is much sought after.
View ArticleJambuli
Flat wheat noodles, resembling tagliatelli, and flavored with a mixture of Sichuan pepper (thinye) and chillies.
View ArticleThukpa
Thukpa is a hearty wheat noodle soup in which vegetables or meat is added. Thukpa is a hearty wheat noodle soup in which vegetables or meat is added.
View ArticleRice
There are no rice dishes which are the speciality of Bumthang as traditionally Bumthang did not grow rice, because of its high altitude.
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