Chilli Obsession

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Bhutanese love their food spicy! So do I 😊

Ema Datsi, chilli cooked with cheese sauce, is the national dish. They serve this dish for almost every meal.
Was a bit apprehensive when I first tried it... does chilli go with cheese at all?
But once I tasted it, I simply love the dish. It goes absolutely well with plain rice yumz...
I'm gonna find the recipe for this dish when I get home.

At every market we went, every vegetable stall seems to be selling chillis. Every town we went, we could see chillis hung on the window or left on the roof to dry, to prepare for the winter apparently. Not only it taste great, I think chillis added a colourful touch to the architecture in Bhutan too.

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Afternote: Ema Datsi Recipe

Ingredients
250g of chilies (green and of medium hotness)
1 onion chopped longitudinally
2 tomatoes
250g Danish Feta cheese
5 cloves of garlic, finely crushed
3 leave of coriander
2 tsp vegetable oil

Directions
1. Cut chilies longitudinally (1 chili = 4 pieces).
2. Put these chilis and chopped onions in a pot of water (approx. 400 ml).
3. Add 2 teaspoons vegetable oil then boil on medium for about 10 minutes. Add tomato and garlic and boil for another 2 minutes. Add cheese and let it remain for 2 - 3 minutes.
4. Finally, add coriander and turn off the heat. Stir. Keep it closed for 2 minutes, and then you are ready.

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Photos

Ema Datsi
The national dish

Hotest!
The hotest chilli around

Growing chillis
I didn't know that before chilli are ripe, they are black!