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In the cuisine of Sikkim, in northeastern India, rice is a staple food, and fermented foods traditionally constitute a significant portion of the cuisine. [1] Nepalese cuisine is popular, as Sikkim is the only state of India with an ethnic Nepali majority.
Gundruk achar. Gundruk (Nepali: गुन्द्रुक pronounced ⓘ) is a dish made of fermented leafy green vegetables (saag; Nepali: साग), originating in Nepal. ...
Kinema (Nepali: किनेमा) is a fermented soybean food, prepared by the Kirati communities of the Eastern Himalayas region: Eastern Nepal, and Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim regions of India. [2] Kinema also known as Kinama, which is a traditional food of the Rai, Yakkha and Limbu people.
Sinki is a Nepali preserved fermented vegetable, similar to gundruk. [1] [2] Gundruk is prepared from leafy vegetables but sinki is prepared from radish tap roots.[3]To make this generations-old indigenous dish, aged radish slivers are pressed into a hole lined with bamboo and straw, then coffined by a cover of vegetation, rocks, wood and, finally, mud.
Indian food is also heavily influenced by religious and cultural choices. Some Indian dishes are common in more than one region of India, with many vegetarian and vegan dishes. Some ingredients commonly found in Indian dishes include: rice , wheat , ginger , garlic , green chillies and spices .
Thukpa (Tibetan: ཐུག་པ; IPA: /tʰu(k̚)ˀ˥˥.pə˥˥/) is a Tibetan noodle soup, which originated in the eastern part of Tibet. [1] Amdo thukpa, especially thenthuk, is a variant among the Indians, especially Ladakhis and the Sikkimese. [2]
Nepali dal-bhat-tarkari 84 byanjan food with rice on a leaf platter Nepali-style momo with chili Nepali-style hot chicken chow mein. Nepali cuisine comprises a variety of cuisines based upon ethnicity, alluvial soil and climate relating to cultural diversity and geography of Nepal and neighboring regions of Sikkim and Gorkhaland.
It is a staple food in these countries. Bhāt or chāwal means "boiled rice" in a number of Indo-Aryan languages. At higher elevations in Nepal, above 6,500 feet (2,000 m), where rice does not grow well, other grains such as maize, buckwheat, barley or millet may be substituted in a cooked preparation called dhindo or atho in Nepal.