The ever-innovative geeks at Google have recently launched Recipe View, an advanced search service which helps find recipes on the web, with options to filter results by ingredients, caloric value and cook time. Pretty nifty - at least in theory. While the new service is able to find almost anything, from falafel to pavlova, it failed miserably when I searched for ema datsi. Too spicy?
Ah, but if you search for "Bhutan", you get somewhere....
ReplyDeleteBhutanese Cheese Curry (Ema Daji)
This dish is usually made very hot in Bhutan, however when I make it it's with ... The cheese used in Bhutan is Churpi, which is a cross between farmer's ...
Ingredients: onion, tomatoes, garlic, feta, coriander
www.food.com/recipe/bhutanese-cheese-curry-ema-daji-305916
Thanks, Mark. I'll look for feta cheese at the weekend market... ;-)
ReplyDeleteHave you seen any pavlovas here?
ReplyDeleteIgnore Ema Datsi, it's a strange dish which is why it's picked up popularity, otherwise this should be the last dish that should deserve to represent Bhutanese Dish!
ReplyDeleteYou should try:
Kakuru Jagu- Pumkin soup (with pepper)
Seekam Paa- Dried Pork
Seeche Shamo- (yellow) mushroom
there are lots of mouth-watering dishes in Bhutan. Ema Datsi is but a watering-mouth dish. I hate it!