Best Nepali Food In Delhi

In this brand new season of Tasty Adda, Namya Saxena, an actor, influencer and food enthusiast takes the viewers through tasty cuisines. This time she presents the Best Nepali food in Delhi.

In South Delhi’s Humanyunpur village, Safardarjung, you will find North-Eastern cuisines and culture dotted all over the place. The area has many tattoo studios, boutiques, grocery stores, and small restaurants in which you can find people relaxing and having a good time.

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Lha Kitchen: An Authentic Nepalese Experience

As you enter the lanes of Humayunpur, you will find the restaurant approximately 100 metres away. With woody, jute decor and traditional seating arrangements, Lha Kitchen makes for an awesome place to hang out and try authentic North-Eastern, Nepalese, and Tibetan cuisines.

The owner of the restaurant, Dickey Bhutia came to Delhi to study. During her college days, she started this food business. As a woman entrepreneur she faced a lot of challenges, but persevered through them. Her family and staff members helped her grow her business.

A special feature of the restaurant is its napkins made with Dhaka material, which is used to make topis (caps) and coats in Nepal. The best part is that the restaurant provides a cosy feeling where you can spend time with your loved ones.

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Must-have dishes

The must-try dish in the restaurant is the ‘Thakali Thali’, which has nine dishes in it. One of the dishes is ‘Kaalu Dal’, attributed to its black colour. Jimbu (chive-like ingredient only found in the Himalayas) and ghee is used as seasoning in the dal. Other dishes are chicken curry, fried karela (bitter gourd), dum aloo with kalonji seeds (potato with nigella seeds), saag (spinach), mooli ka achaar (radish pickle) and kundru ka achar for digestive purposes. It is a juicy, tender and a little spicy meal. Additionally, the pickles add a very nice essence.

The traditional way of eating the meal is by sitting on a carpet and on a khasa plate with your hands, instead of using any utensils. And ‘Thakali Thali’ is always served with ghee. Originally, Thakalis are the inhabitants of the Thak region of the Mustang district in Nepal.

Chicken Shapta is another luscious meal that contains sliced chicken meat and gravy made of green chillies and ginger. It is usually eaten with Tigmo (steamed bun), which has a fluffy texture. Ema Datshi is also a hearty dish to satiate your cravings. It is the national dish of Bhutan. ‘Ema’ translates to green chilly peppers and ‘Datshi’ means cheese because the gravy is made of yak cheese. Thukpa, a kind of buck-wheat noodles, is an excellent choice as well and is a healthier item as it is not made of maida. For dessert, you can opt for the Chinese sweet dish named Darsaan.

If you also want to experience such delicious North-Eastern cuisine, you must visit Lha Kitchen in Humayunpur, Safdarjung, opposite Deer Park in Delhi.