Notes about Recipes in this book

• Nepali rice-cake pizza (Chatamari)

  • Logan92995 on January 28, 2024

    Was not a huge fan of this. While I thought the meat topping was tasty, I wasn't too keen on the lentil rice-cake itself.

  • Frenchfoodie on December 14, 2025

    Easy to make (my urad was already skinless). I needed more than the recommended 100ml of water to reach the suggested consistency. Looked good and tasted nice if a bit heavy, I needed to have spread thinner - as always when I make dosa. The cheese made the cakes stick when turned over. Delicious when dipped in dal but not a recipe I will run back to.

• Steamed chicken momos with ginger & chilli with a tomato sesame chutney (Kukhura ko momo)

  • Frenchfoodie on November 06, 2022

    Delicious, just as good as I have tried in restaurants. Delicious puddle of broth in each one showed how well the wrapper held things in. The sauce was delicious too though even a half recipe was fine for a full batch of momos.

• Sherpa noodle soup (Thukpa)

  • Frenchfoodie on February 26, 2023

    Easy to make (spice paste can even be made in advance), deep, warming broth with nice fresh veg and juicy chicken. A keeper.

  • Logan92995 on April 26, 2023

    Decent noodle dish. Honestly it reminded me a lot of a fancy ramen dish you'd get at a ramen shop. I find that the lemon and cilantro are pretty essential accompaniments to the recipe for added flavor. Pretty spicy

• Spiced monkfish with sesame & tomato sauce (Poleko machha ra jhol)

  • jenburkholder on June 09, 2022

    This was good. We used cod instead of monkfish and fried the pieces (oven was on the fritz). Recipe makes way too much sauce to accompany the fish. Needs a sharp accompaniment like the red onion salad (not optional)!

• Spicy chickpeas (Chana ko dal)

  • jenburkholder on May 11, 2022

    Very nice. Added a generous squeeze of lemon at the end, since it felt like it needed it. Also added most of a bag of spinach and would definitely do that again. The only annoying part was fishing out all of the cloves, cardamom pods, etc.. Served with the aloo gobi from the same book, brown rice, and yogurt for a very good meal.

  • Stephenn31 on February 28, 2023

    The chickpeas took longer to cook but turned out well. I’d make again

  • snackbaby on November 07, 2023

    very nice, layered flavors. agree that this could benefit from acidity, but that could also be a pickle on the side maybe. My chana dal cooked very quickly after presoaking, and I felt like there was too much liquid for the consistency I like. I would recommend starting with a bit less water and just topping it up if necessary. that said, this has become a favorite dal recipe, it really has an edge to it that it enjoy

• Black dal (Maas ko dal)

  • jenburkholder on February 04, 2023

    Good - used a mix of dried jimbu and fresh scallions. Definitely lent it a different taste to an Indian preparation. Rich, so it needs something sharp alongside.

• Himalayan yam curry (Tarul ko tarkari)

  • jenburkholder on February 04, 2023

    Really delicious - used a mix of yam and sweet potato, and liked the extra hit of sweetness. Perfect dish with rice and a dollop of yogurt.

• Plantain curry (Kacho kera ko tarkari)

  • jenburkholder on June 03, 2022

    The spicing was too subtle for the starchy plantains and the chunks of plantain were also too large. Didn’t really care for this.

• Dry spiced cauliflower & potatoes (Aloo ra gobi ko tarkari)

  • jenburkholder on May 11, 2022

    Excellent. Similar to many other North Indian-style preparations of cauliflower and potatoes, but the spicing is different enough to distinguish it. We did have to add a splash of water to keep the potatoes from burning. Served with the chana dal recipe from the same book, brown rice, and yogurt for a great meal.

• Sour yogurt soup (Kadi)

  • Ntesfai on March 10, 2026

    This dish was delicious and will be a regular for me. The juxtaposition of the yogurt soup and the tempering is addictive. It says that the recipe serves two, but I think it serves one.

• Potato curry (Aloo ko tarkari)

  • Stephenn31 on February 28, 2023

    Turned out really well and an interesting take on a potato curry

  • jenburkholder on April 07, 2023

    Only made the potatoes. Enjoyable, simple potato curry. I added in a handful of spinach leaves near the end of cooking.

• Red onion & chilli salad (Pyaj ko achar)

  • jenburkholder on June 03, 2022

    Perfect accompaniment to rich or heavily spiced curries. We had with the monkfish (actually cod) in sesame sauce from this book.