Nepalese Breakfast

JayGoliath

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Buff meat, chickpeas, spicy salad, lentil curry, potato curry and dried oats
The buffalo meat was a little spicy but bearable, but the dried oats....was a bit dry...
 
Not exactly my cup o' tea, but, one's gotta eat what's served, I guess. Thanks for sharing. And imparting good breakfast habits upon us American's who, while possessing good intent, are quickly becoming the most unhealthy nation on the planet. Eat like a king at breakfast, a princess at lunch, and a pauper at dinner, and a healthier person you will be. They call it BREAK-FAST for a reason, I figured out. Also, stepping into poverty's shoes makes really appreciate the mindset these people are in. Its eat or starve there, whereas, in the richer parts of the world, we get an incredible variety of food. We can afford to throw away our scraps, while the teeming, hungry masses watch enviously. I just served the homeless for two hours after making food for them for three hours, and man, was I HUNGRY by the end. And yet, it was a magical experience, 'sides one of the homeless who showed up drunk and kept falling over, it was a magical experience, serving them. It was like I discovered my calling, helping people in need. I am scared to death of homeless people and the desperation they must feel, the primeval state of mind they must exist in, yet they were not savage Neanderthals, they were civilized men and women, though most were addicted to some substance or another, a disagreeable, but almost common trait the homeless share, and yet, I'm hungry now for another go at serving them. Because, for the most part, they were good people. Okay, I'm done. Good job, JayGoliath, for eating a hearty, healthy breakfast, three cheers for the courageous spirit of the homeless, the disabled and needy who carry on no matter what life throws at them, and here is to peace on Earth, so we can focus on making food, not war, on spreading compassion, love, and understanding, instead of universal sickness, unrest, and misinformation, and Gorog can focus on not sounding overly sincere and cornily concerned. Because I am not acting this out, I am typing from...not the heart, but the place in my brain where deepest feeling is manufactured. PEACE everyone. I'm out.
David
 
In my homeless days, I would have seriously considered killing for a meal like that some days

I did meet this one guy that would serve food to the homeless and he always served this potato/cabbage/curry dish, that when I first tried it, I thought tasted like hell, but soon acquired a taste for it and looked forward to seeing him. Wish I got that recipe.
 
It all looks good to me, except for the oats, which are a little confusing. Have they been cooked and dried, sort of like instant rice? I'd think that might make them a bit more palatable... Are you meant to mix them with the preparations that have more moisture, or eat them outright?
 
Looks fantastic, Jay.:thumbup:
What a lot of delicious nutrition there is in that meal.

We love to curry things and I bet it was good. What beverage did you have to wash it down?

Thanks for the pic, now I'm hungry.

:D
Mark
 
That picture is making me hungry!

Nepal has some great and unique food.

Tibetan tea made with salt and yak butter is hearty and caloricaly rich. They used to make it with a hand churn to mix in the butter. When I visited Kami Sherpa he cheated and used a blender!

Then there's tsampa. Parched barley powder. Stores forever in powder form. Mix it into a paste with Tibetan tea to eat. It tastes something like popcorn. Something like ...

And of course the chang. A homemade barley beer. I first encountered it far back in the hills of Nepal, in a humble hut, where it was offered to me in a glass perhaps less than sanitary. Perhaps it was the spirit in which it was given, by a poor man who did not have much, but I thought it amongst the most pleasing drinks I have ever tasted. I've heard it characterized by other westerners as undrinkable.
 
As another Scot, I've been told more than once that some of the things I eat and drink are completely inedible or non-potable.


More for me.
 
The town i lived has a special quarter called Chow Rasta, named after a small district in Darjeeling.

You will find a steady group of ex-Gurkhas here selling Nepalese jewelries and if you are lucky you could bargain for a khuk they have. No luck until now.

There are a few Gurkhali restaurants in these areas and i've had my lunch in there before. It was the first time i come f2f with a ex-Gurkha; menacing statures with warming smile. I couldn't help to imagine him holding the curved knife, run amok with the Ayo Gorkhali war cry.

The buffalo meat was indeed dry. I washed it down with plain water and a special gravy made out of black pea. Auntie Yangdu mentioned it's her favorite.
The chickpeas were awesome if you like multiple explosion of gastro-sensation inside your mouth; spicy, salty and mild aroma of sweetness....

Wait guys...don't salivate first...i'm not done yet..
 
that looks really good,better then then my arkansas special viena sausage ,shredded cheese with picante sauce wrapped in a tortilla shell and nuked to a halfway palatable mess,my wife and daughter gross out every time i do it.its pretty dang good.
 
Good food, thank you for sharing
 
Cpl Punishment said:
As another Scot, I've been told more than once that some of the things I eat and drink are completely inedible or non-potable.
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Well Cpl, perhaps we should let the guys complaining about the dryness of the oats and meat in on our secret.

If you stuff everything that is pictured in the initial picture into a sheep stomach and boil it for a couple of hours, it becomes quite tender and moist.

;)
 
Good eating! man my mate's wife (both Nepalese; his Brahmin) cooks up an awesome curry with peas, potato, peppers the works; just thinking of it make me hungry :D
 
Steve - I was just about to say that the "oats" look rather like Nepalese "chiura" ("poha" in Hindi and similar forms in other N. Indian lgs.). One of my favourite things to eat, chiura. It's also very tasty lightly fried in a tiny bit of oil (as a breakfast).

Just a few days ago I cooked up some chiura and my wife made a sort of goat curry and we had that for breakfast. Tasty!
 
beoram said:
Steve - I was just about to say that the "oats" look rather like Nepalese "chiura" ("poha" in Hindi and similar forms in other N. Indian lgs.). One of my favourite things to eat, chiura. It's also very tasty lightly fried in a tiny bit of oil (as a breakfast).

Just a few days ago I cooked up some chiura and my wife made a sort of goat curry and we had that for breakfast. Tasty!
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Thanks for the info. I'll have to try it sometime. Looks like good camping food, too.
 
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