Bhutan

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Food & Drink

Food & Drink

The staple food of Bhutanese is rice and vegetables with abundant chillies. Bhutanese eat incredible amount of chillies. It is used as vegetable rather than as spices. Most Bhutanese prefer ‘Emadatse’ a dish made entirely of chillies mixed with cheese.

Meat is widely eaten in Bhutan. Common meat includes pork, beef, chicken, fish and yak meat. The Bhutanese also eat a variety of vegetables, including potatoes, fern, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, beans and mushrooms.

In central Bhutan, buckwheat is cultivated as one of the main cereals. The rice is not grown due to high altitude. The Bumthang region is famous for its buckwheat pancakes. The Bhutanese are fond of taking ‘suja’ (butter tea) and ‘ara’, an alcohol distilled from the brewery of locally produced rice, wheat, maize or corn. Drinks are also used as a part of offerings while performing ceremonies on different occasions.

Bhutan Information
Bhutan (Bhutan General Information) is a tiny and a land-locked country
Bhutan is a landlocked country wedged between the autonomous region
Mystery surrounds Bhutan's distant past, as priceless irretrievable documents
Bhutan is the only country in the world to retain the Tantric form of Mahayana Buddhism
The annual festival is called ‘Tshechu’. It is one of the most exciting experiences
Bhutan has about 72% of its area under forest cover. Over 5000 species
The national language of Bhutan is Dzongkha, which is widely spoken in western region.
The staple food of Bhutanese is rice and vegetables with abundant chillies.
The Royal Government of Bhutan recognizes that tourism is a world-wide phenomenon
While urban settlements have sprung up with the process of modernization,