This Month’s Film: Travellers and Magicians
Cuisine: Bhutanese

Coming up with a fresh salad course for a Bhutanese menu posed quite a challenge, as there were no recipes to be found. So I researched the agricultural produce of Bhutan and decided to come up with one of my own, based upon the vegetables that are commonly available. It turns out that wintery vegetables like cabbage and cauliflower are quite common, and reasoning that most every culture produces some kind of pickled dish, I decided upon a salt-cured red cabbage slaw in a spicy rice vinegar dressing, studded with crunchy cauliflower florettes. A tasty and unusual prelude to a meaty main course.

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