Food Glorious Food!!
One of the joys in any foreign country is sampling the local food. I am a lacto-vegetarian and I enjoy cooking for myself most of the time. In my apartment, I have the standard asian cooking apparatus of a two burner propane powered stove. The propane tanks are available in shops or delivered to your home.
It is hot here in Pokhara, so to get in my longer daily hike I start around 6 AM. Today I came back at 10 AM with a ravenous appetite. I made scrambled paneer (fresh cheese from curdled milk) and for fun, today I tried something new: baby ferns with a pat of butter. I bought the ferns in the open veggie market on the way back from my hike. They were pretty good!
I gather most of my cooking ingredients from small shops in my neighborhood. One shop for fruits, one for veggies, one for dairy, one for dry goods...The other day I risked life and limb by riding my bicycle during rush hour to the big grocery/department store called BhatBhateni.
Although traffic is less here than Kathmandu, there are still absolutely no driving rules: no lights, no stop or yield signs, no speed limits....I had to laugh at what a gal will do for her comfort foods!!
Although as I mentioned earlier I am a strict vegetarian of 47 years, I could appreciate this colorful display of local meat delicacies waiting to be fried up on the side of the street. Notice the chicken feet (dark red middle)
Pokhara is a big tourist town and as a western person, you have no peace from hawkers of foods (as well as whatever else a person can think to sell to another person)!
Women such as this one have mobile snack stands. They carry everything they need to make chaat snacks on their back and they pick up and move according to the crowds.
Chaat is an eastern snack traditionally served up from street vendors. Chaat is mixed according to your preferences in front of you. You choose from various kinds of fried noodles, lentils or fried dough puffs called puri. Then you add your choice of spice mix, sauce and chopped veggies. All the ingredients are mixed and served up.
It is hot here in Pokhara, so to get in my longer daily hike I start around 6 AM. Today I came back at 10 AM with a ravenous appetite. I made scrambled paneer (fresh cheese from curdled milk) and for fun, today I tried something new: baby ferns with a pat of butter. I bought the ferns in the open veggie market on the way back from my hike. They were pretty good!
Cooking the above meal on my propane stove. Propane tank is to the side on the floor
I gather most of my cooking ingredients from small shops in my neighborhood. One shop for fruits, one for veggies, one for dairy, one for dry goods...The other day I risked life and limb by riding my bicycle during rush hour to the big grocery/department store called BhatBhateni.
Although traffic is less here than Kathmandu, there are still absolutely no driving rules: no lights, no stop or yield signs, no speed limits....I had to laugh at what a gal will do for her comfort foods!!
My dangerous grocery run yielded ice cream, chips, cookies, peanut butter, amla candy, yak cheese, mayo and tofu.
Although as I mentioned earlier I am a strict vegetarian of 47 years, I could appreciate this colorful display of local meat delicacies waiting to be fried up on the side of the street. Notice the chicken feet (dark red middle)
Pokhara is a big tourist town and as a western person, you have no peace from hawkers of foods (as well as whatever else a person can think to sell to another person)!
Women such as this one have mobile snack stands. They carry everything they need to make chaat snacks on their back and they pick up and move according to the crowds.
Chaat is an eastern snack traditionally served up from street vendors. Chaat is mixed according to your preferences in front of you. You choose from various kinds of fried noodles, lentils or fried dough puffs called puri. Then you add your choice of spice mix, sauce and chopped veggies. All the ingredients are mixed and served up.
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