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Bhutanese Red Rice & Hoentay

↳ from Paro, Bhutan

Bhutan's food uses red rice, buckwheat and chilli as a vegetable, not a spice. Hoentay are buckwheat dumplings from Haa valley.

History

Isolated by the Himalayas, Bhutan developed its own cooking from rice, chilli, yak cheese and butter.

Ingredients

  • Red rice
  • Buckwheat flour
  • Turnip leaves
  • Cheese
  • Chilli
  • Butter

How it's made

  1. Make the buckwheat dough
  2. Fill with turnip leaves and cheese
  3. Steam as hoentay
  4. Serve with chilli-cheese sauce

Ratings & notes

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