Ema datshi is a spicy Bhutanese stew made from hot chili peppers and cheese, and is recognized as the national dish of Bhutan. It has its roots in Tibetan culinary traditions and has changed over time to suit Bhutanese tastes, typically combining green, red, or white chilies with datshi, a cheese made from cow or yak milk, along with spring onions, vegetable oil, and salt. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Ema datshi (Dzongkha: ཨེ་མ་དར་ཚིལ་; Wylie: e-ma dar-tshil) is a spicy Bhutanese stew made from hot chili peppers and cheese.
Uses Ingredient: Chili Pepper, lead paragraph
Ema datshi (Dzongkha: ཨེ་མ་དར་ཚིལ་; Wylie: e-ma dar-tshil) is a spicy Bhutanese stew made from hot chili peppers and cheese.
Uses Ingredient: Cheese, lead paragraph
Ema datshi (Dzongkha: ཨེ་མ་དར་ཚིལ་; Wylie: e-ma dar-tshil) is a spicy Bhutanese stew made from hot chili peppers and cheese.
Expresses Tradition: Cheesemaking, Lead paragraph
The cheese used in ema datshi is called datshi; it is usually made at home from the curd of cow's or yak's milk.
In Cuisine: Bhutanese Cuisine, Lead paragraph
It is among the most famous dishes in Bhutanese cuisine, recognized as the national dish of the country.
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