Barbecue - Nepali Style

I think most people in Kathmandu and Nepal believe in having a pre Dashian celebration, just to get immersed into the feels of Dashain. One of the most popular idea for a get together among Nepalese is, the old tradition of barbecue. Specially the Dahsian barbecue is accompanyed by libations and of course game of cards, nothing says Dashain and Tihar like a game of cards and delicious food.

The hand at task for a barbecue is, the preparation -the marination of the meat, the shopping, the cleaning of the grill, the making the spicy sauce (aachar) and the of course the process of over eating.

The key to any successful barbecue is the marination of the meats. I have my personal favorite marinade that consists of garlic, ginger, soya sauce, salt, cumin powder, chilli powder and not to forget some whiskey or brandy or rum! 

For the Love of Pork 

The western way of barbecue is the electric grill but in Nepal we have the Nepalese way of doing it, we use brickets instead. Cooking the meat on brickets is a tad bit slow but the flavor and the smell of firewood while chowing down the piece of meat, is just a cherry on top. 

Bricket Over Electric Grills - Go Local

Local Made Custom Grill

The next phase of preparing for a barbecue is by preparing the sauce or well the 'achar' to go with the meat. Spicy tomato flavored sauce that can be used as a dip for chips as well as a sauce for the bbq. Achar if you didn't know is a staple in every Nepalese household, it is also a part of our every meals. 

Tamatar Ko Aachar - The Spicy Goodness

With all the preparation done it was time to get our hands dirty with the cooking bit. By taking turns we were able to complete our plan of grilling all the meat as well as chomping down all that was cooked.

Just a quick observation, during Dashain people seem to have the craziest appetite, I dont know if it has to do with psychology of being in the festive mood or something else, but it is really note-worthy!

Meat On Grill - READY

Meat On Grill - GET SET

Meat on Grill - GO

With the greasy delightful barbecue we also spared some time to play some card games, but unfortunately was not able to capture these moments, I blame it on the beer and the irresistible game of - Marriage. 

Marriage is a card game that is played specially during the Dashain-Tihar holidays and I well I am not much of a gambler but this game is always interesting - well at least it is as long as you are winning of course.

All in all it was a good day, with great company and good food.

Until the next barbecue and until the next blog post.

To finding little adventures and making memories.

SHEY