While it has gone under the radar for a while, Nepali food is becoming more and more popular each day.

Nepali food is a gem that people in Canada and North America broadly are just getting into. With such fine Nepali foods like Momo, Dal, fried Papad, and much much more are the reason that Nepali restaurants are becoming more and more popular.

As one of Toronto’s primer Nepali Restaurants, we want to talk about the history of Nepali food and give everyone a new understanding of this cuisine!

The Influences Of Nepali Food

Nepali food is naturally inspired by what is readily available due to the soil, climate and overall geography of Nepal. Nepali cuisine is also influenced by the food of its neighbouring regions like Tibet and parts of northern Indian. These influences brought in different foods and flavours to Nepali cuisine like bamboo shoots, various fermented/pickled vegetables, and dried vegetables.

Popular Nepali Foods

This combination of what is abundant in Nepal and the influences of its neighbours has led to the creation of several popular Nepali dishes. The first and most popular of these is obviously Momo. Momo is a food that has experienced some influence from Nepal’s northern neighbour Tibet.

Momo is a type of dumpling that was originally filled with yak meat, however, now Momo is filled with all kinds of things, such as other kinds of meats, vegetables and even cheese.

Momo is also generally accompanied with some sauces, that are generally made out of tomatoes, cilantro, and sesame seeds.

Momo also comes in many different forms. Traditionally momo was steamed but today Momo comes in many other forms as well, including fried and being served in soup.

Other popular Nepali foods include items like Dal, a soup made of lentils and spices and served over boiled grain, Sel roti, Patre and many many others that you just need to try.