Bhutan recipes
Recipes from Bhutan: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.
South Asia
Ema Datshi: Bhutan's Chili and Cheese Stew
Ema datshi is Bhutan's national dish: whole green chilies simmered in butter and melting cheese. This recipe covers choosing chilies, adjusting the heat, substituting feta and mozzarella for datshi, serving with red rice, and the food culture behind the dish.
South Asia
Phaksha Paa: Bhutanese Pork Belly and Radish Stew with Red Chilies
How to make phaksha paa, the winter stew of pork belly and radish that Bhutanese households rely on. Covers setting the heat with dried red chilies, stewing in the pork's own fat, eating it with red rice, and sourcing ingredients outside Bhutan, based on English-language sources.