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"Garam Masala is an aromatic and hot spice mixture that is essential to numerous types of dishes in Indian, Nepalese and Pakistani cooking. The words mean "hot spices" and as well as adding the "heat" to Indian cooking, the spice mix should be subtle and aromatic. It is usually added towards the end of the cooking time, or even as..."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, coriander seeds...

"This is an amazing rice side dish with complex flavors, but simple prep! It has a sweet and salty element to it and the spices will make your kitchen SING! Originally made for a Girl Scout function, but EVERYONE loved it and it is now a family favorite! (Found on a Nepali website.) Also re-heats easily. The golden raisins add the most delicious bit..."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, onions, salt...

"This is a lovely dish that is pretty easy to put together, and is full of flavor. :)"

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds...

"This is a Nepali dessert from Jitendra Bhatnagar. Holy criminy, the photo in the book where this resides is STUNNING."

Ingredients: cinnamon, pistachios...

"For eons, it seems, I have been experiementing with alternative ingredients to create the perfect cup of dairy free, sugar free spiced chai.

Soy milk may work with coffee, but not with tea. Soy milk tends to unfortunately spoil tea by overpowering it with a chalky taste. This renders the use of soy milk as a dairy alternative in chai as..."

Ingredients: cloves, cinnamon bark, honey...

"This recipe is from Krishnarpan Restaurant, Dwarika's Hotel, Katmandu"

Ingredients: fenugreek seeds, mustard oil...

"This dish is usually made very hot in Bhutan, however when I make it it's with jalapenos and fewer chilies. Adjust to your own taste. The cheese used in Bhutan is Churpi, which is a cross between farmer's cheese and feta. Since it is not widely available, feta is substituted in this recipe. This unusual soup-like curry is rich and warming..."

Ingredients: coriander leaves, feta cheese...

"From The Adventure Chef. http://www.akdiscovery.net/features/Himalaya/chef/"

Ingredients: curry powder, dried red chilies...

"My wife and I ran into this recipe on one of our trips to Nepal. It's simple to make and surprisingly good. While it's good as written it can be easily adjusted to taste. I like more tomato (2 or 3) and jalapenos in mine (2 or 3). This is best made an hour or two before it's needed but will keep for 6-8 hours in the frige."

Ingredients: cilantro, mild green chilies...

"Hot and spicy dish prepared with Tofu bean (cube)This will be as popular as chicken chilli for those who takes only vegetables."

Ingredients: cilantro, ginger-garlic paste...

"A basic Nepalese soup. Good for treating colds. Recipe from The Spice House. Edited to add: This is meant to be a medicinal soup. You wouldn't serve your family a cup of TheraFlu or Lemsip for dinner would you? ;)"

Ingredients: ground turmeric, eggs...

"Creamy and delicious!"

Ingredients: cream, ginger paste...

"This is a meatless version of the traditional Logo Petse, as it is served at the Lhasa Moon, a Tibetan Restaurant, located in San Francisco.
Some cooking notes: use the standard head cabbage, which is the type grown in Tibet. As for the spicing used in this recipe, according to the Tibetan chef at the Tibet Nepal House (our favorite Himalayan..."

Ingredients: ginger, green bell peppers...

"This is an easy to make, unusual soup from Tibet. The mixture of hot chili with the pungent mold-ripened churu cheese, after which the soup is named, is a uniquely Tibetan combination of flavors. Blue cheese makes a good substitute for churu, which isn't in the zaar computer. This recipe is popular in the region of Kongpo, where it is eaten..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, fresh ginger...