Food and Cuisine

There are various varieties of Bhutanese cuisine because of ethnic diversity.Bhutanses consumes red rice and white rice regularly and the local diet also includes ,beef, red yak meat, beef ,pork, yak meat, chicken, and lamb.

“Red Rice”

Bhutanese regularly consumes Red rice which is very nutritious and is grown in higher altitudes.

“EMA DATSI”

Ema Dastsi is the most famous Bhutanese traditional cuisine consumed by the Bhutanese on a daily basis. To prepare, Ema Datsi, we need chillies (different varieties which is be dried and fresh chillies are used), pepper and cheese. The cheese which is used here is locally made from the curd of cows or Yaks.

“Ema” means “chili” and “Datshi” means “chees”