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The
staple food of Bhutanese is rice and vegetables with abundant chillies.
Bhutanese eat incredible amount of chillies. It is used as vegetable
rather than as spices. Most Bhutanese prefer ‘Emadatse’ a dish made
entirely of chillies mixed with cheese.
Meat is widely eaten in Bhutan. Common meat includes pork, beef,
chicken, fish and yak meat. The Bhutanese also eat a variety of
vegetables, including potatoes, fern, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower,
beans and mushrooms.
In central Bhutan, buckwheat is cultivated as one of the main cereals.
The rice is not grown due to high altitude. The Bumthang region is
famous for its buckwheat pancakes. The Bhutanese are fond of taking
‘suja’ (butter tea) and ‘ara’, an alcohol distilled from the brewery of
locally produced rice, wheat, maize or corn. Drinks are also used as a
part of offerings while performing ceremonies on different occasions.
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