Taste Of Sikkim

The food of Sikkim is largely rice-based, with many dishes made from jungle vegetables like ningro (ferns), nakima (wild lilies), baas ko tusa (bamboo shoots), and cheuw (mushrooms). Even organic vegetables like iskus (chayote/squash), pharsi (pumpkin), pharsi ko munta (pumpkin leaves), iskus ko munta (chayote/squash leaves), kinema (fermented soybean), ruk tamatar (tree tomato) and dalle chillies (hot fire) are extensively used in everyday cooking.