Chitwan & the Terai · Experiences
Food in Chitwan & the Terai
Kitchens, feasts and markets. Cooking with families, feast days and the dishes that explain a valley better than a museum.
FoodTharu feast and dance evening
An evening of Tharu food and dance in Amaltari: a thali of rice, lentils, greens, ghonghi snails or river fish …
FoodCook a Tharu meal with your hosts
Join the women of Barauli in the kitchen to cook a Tharu meal on a clay stove: rice, lentils, greens, …
FoodTaas lunch in Bharatpur
After the lakes, stop in Bharatpur or Narayangadh for Chitwan's best-known dish: taas, goat meat marinated in spices and fried, …
FoodChaku, til and tarul: winter festival foods
Taste the foods of Maghe Sankranti at Devghat and in Narayangadh: chaku molasses sweet, sesame til laddu, boiled sweet potato …
FoodA Maithil dahi-chura breakfast
Eat the simplest and most loved Maithil breakfast: chura, beaten rice, with thick dahi, jaggery or sugar and, in January, …
FoodKoshi Barrage and a riverside fish lunch
Visit the Koshi Barrage, built between 1958 and 1962 with 56 gates, watch birds on the water above it, then …
FoodLitti chokha in the Bhojpuri Terai
After a morning in the park, eat like a local in Simara, Birgunj or a highway town: litti baked over …
FoodBhojpuri street food in Simraungadh
Graze through Simraungadh's market with a local guide: sattu sharbat in the hot months, litti chokha from coal fires, jalebi, …