Best Recipes of the Lhakangs

Where can you find the healthiest, most delicious food in Bhutan? Are you looking for the most well-trained and well-stocked monastery kitchen in the land of the Dragon??

Look for these qualities:

1. Local homemade Butter and no refined, no-GMO oils
2. Organic, unsprayed, local grains like dark red rice, buckwheat, no imported-or pesticide-sprayed flour
3. Fresh local curry ingredients, vegetables, fruits, beans, dahl
4. Milk tea, ginger tea, and traditional suja.
5. Unrefined sweeteners, like natural chicory root, no glycemic sweeteners, no sugar.

I recently attended a ceremony with the Je Khempo in Autsho. One of the very impressive features was the number of prizes handed out to proud students in the kitchen.

More coming soon…