Dahl baat

Being at the refuge for a few days straight meant that I ate with everybody and had my first taste of dahl baat - the meal which is generally eaten by Nepalis twice a day. It is rice, a lentil dahl and vegetables. I like it. Which is just as well as I have eaten it for breakfast (and tea) three days in a row. I have also tried momo's which are small boiled dumplings - a favourite with the children but resticted to once a week as they are time-consuming to make.
I have also spent some time helping out peeling garlic. As you can imagine the refuge gets through a lot of it and the garlic used out here (for reasons of flavour) are much smaller than what I use in the UK and therefore fiddly to peel. First whole garlics are split up, covered in oil and left to crisp in the sun. Then the skin comes off much more easily. Today S was making pickle which the children love. This involves layering chillis, garlic, salt and vinegar in old coffee jars which will reduce down to a very hot pickle in about a week.