MUST-TRY DISHES

MOMOS

These steamed dumplings are filled with meat (buffalo was common when I was a child) or vegetables and are an all-day dish. When accompanied by a broth, they’re called jhol momos.

SUKUTI

Sun-dried meat, either buffalo or goat, is a speciality of the mountains, eaten either as a snack or as a main meal with rice flakes and puffed rice.

WILD BOAR CURRY

This traditional dish is difficult to source these days as it’s become harder to hunt wild boar, but it’s delicious, made with onion, garlic, ginger and slow-cooked boar.

SANTOSH SHAH is a chef, author and former finalist on MasterChef: The Professionals