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Dal Bhat Recipe

The Nepalese national dish, dal bhat (lentils and rice), is an inexpensive and tasty meal to eat whilst trekking. If you order dal bhat at a lodge or tea house, any extra dal or bhat you need to satisfy your appetite is usually free. Porters sometimes refer to a hill climb as a '3 dhal-bhat' hill. You may hear a Nepalis joke about 'double dal-bhat' for real hunger or trekker greed.
Dal bhat is the safest thing to eat, because that's what the locals eat. Western trekkers may find that they enjoy it as much as the Nepalis, and wish to have the recipe to make it at home. So here it is, courtesy of Meg Sheffield and Siddhanta Shaha in Kailash magazine.

Dal
 Ingredients
  • Half a cup of dal (black or yellow lentils)
  • One and a half teaspoons of salt
  • half a teaspoon of ghee
  • Gound ginger
  • 4 cups of water
  • 1 pinch of jimbu (A special Nepali rice, see the folowing note)

Process
  1. Boil water and a quarter of a tablespoon of ghee
  2. Put the dal and the salt in the water and cook for an hour for black dal and half an hour for yellow dal.
  3. Add ground ginger
  4. Take oil off fire
  5. Heat the rest of the ghee in a stirring spoon and fry the jimbu and put it in the dal.
  6. Serve hot
Bhat
Well everyone has to learn how to boil rice sometime:
Wash two cups of rice. Do not pour the water directly onto the rice. Pour the water first on the hand held over the rice so as not to break the grains (Well that's what it says in Kailash!). Wash the rice about four times and drain off the water.
Add one and a quarter cups of water (sufficient to cover the rice) and a heaped tablespoon of ghee. Do not use poor ghee. If neccesary use butter instead.
Bring to the boil. Stir the rice only four times. Cook only for fifteen minutes. Each grain of rice must be separate and undamaged. (I always cover the pan and put a heavy weight on the lid. It also seems to cook better if you don't look at it)

Nutritional Information
The main source of protein in dal bhat is the dal or lentil sauce which is served with the rice. There are several kinds of dal. Black dal is grown in Kathmandu at the edge of the paddy. Yellow dal comes from the terai in southern Nepal. Dried peas and beans are also called dal and various types are often mixed. Dal is cooked in Nepal in a Kasauri, or round bottomed brass pot. Remember not to leave food standing in a brass container, or the food will be tainted with a metallic taste. With dal bhat, vegetables are also eaten, and it is these that provide minerals and vitamins. So eat your greens!
The jimbu spice mentioned in the dal recipe is a uniquely Nepalese spice. Jimbu looks like dried broken tarragon leaves. Jimbu can be bought in shops in Indrachowk in Kathmandu.


Namaste is the traditional way of greetings in Nepal. The action of joining the palms of both hands together in front of chest (over the heart): symbolizes, “I recognize the God in You”- It is the philosophy of oneness(I and you are one in mind and heart), and opens our hearts to spread love, peace, bliss and the ability to show how we can help and server each other. Everyone can say Namaste.  Practice of Namaste with clear intentions helps to develop faith in Ahimsa (non-violence).  Ahimsa paromo Dharma – Non- Violence is the greatest Dharma.

Source http://www.nepal4you.com/
All the activities are of half day except the last one.
  • Visit Pashupatinath
  • Visit Swyambhunath
  • Visit Patan Durbar Square
  • Visit Budhanilkantha
  • Visit an Airport 
  • Visit Zoo
  • Shopping at New Road 
  • Watch Football Match
  • Go For Swimming
  • Watching Movies
  • Whole day picnic at Godawari Botanical Garden.
Nepal is a small country, it is rich in natural beauty. The higest mountain peak in the world (Sagarmatha), moderate climate and geographical diversity are the major characteristics of Nepal. People came to Nepal to observe hills, mountains, terai, rivers, lakes, gorges (Kaligandaki), etc. There is a great possibility of tourism industry development in Nepal. Such possibilities are shown in the chart.



Possibilities of Tourism Industry
Able to conduct sports
Adventure tourism
Rich in natural beauty
Higest mountain in the world
Diversity in culture and climate
Famous for religious places
Rich in Ancient art and culture

Month/Year             2002 A.D.             2003 A.D.             2004 A.D.             2005 A.D.
January                       7176                      21215                  30988                     25744
February                     20668                    24349                  35361                     20338
March                         28815                    27727                 44290                      29875 
April                           21253                    25851                 33514                       23414
May                            21887                    22704                 26802                       25541
June                            17218                     20351                19793                       22608
July                             16621                     22661                24860                       23996
August                         21093                    27568                33162                        36910
September                   23752                    28724                25496                        36060
October                       35272                    45459               43373                         51498
November                   28723                    38938               36381                          41505
December                   24990                    33115                31007                          38170                            
Source: Statistical Pocket Book, 2006, CBS, Nepal
The business avtivity connected with providing accomodaton entertainment, services to tourist is called tourism industry. In the fiscal year, 2062/63, 42% total GDP of Nepal was contributed to tourism.
Twenty years ago, Deepak was a farmer and was just able to grow only for ten months a year for his family. The change in life took place as trekkers began to follow the path past his house. He opened the shop along with the clean rest place in his land for the trekkers. That made a small lodge with that money. His daughter had got tranning in district technical school. She now manages the lodge and cooks varities of food. When his wife has time, she makes belt for trekkers. His eldest son was going to campus. His is interested in watching wild animals. Now he is a bird watching guide for tourists in Chitwan. His youngest son is now 15 years old and works as a cook for trekking company. He has only completed grade 8 but he is always eager to learn. He is the main cook in the trekking company.
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He is very popular with the trekkers. He also enjoys different meals of different countries.

Causes of Tourism
1. To enjoy during holidays.
2. To see and learn the lifestyle of other people.
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4.For trekkig, mountaineering and business.
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1. Earning foreign currency
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3. Contribution in national income
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