“Ndakapedza mwedzi misere gore rapfuura muNepal paChirungu Mutauro Wekudzidzisa Scholarship Chirongwa. Mwedzi wokutanga - kudzidziswa muKathmandu, manomwe akasara - musha muduku maawa maviri kubva muguta guru, kwandakadzidzisa pachikoro cheko.
Mhuri yandaigara nayo yakanga ine rupo uye ine mutsa zvikuru. “Baba vangu vokuNepal” vaishanda somushandi wehurumende, uye amai vangu vaiva amai vemba vaitarisira vanasikana vaviri vaiyevedza uye ambuya vechikuru. Ndine rombo rakanaka kuti ndakapedzisira ndava mumhuri inodya nyama shoma! Pasinei nokuti mhou imhuka tsvene pano, mukaka wayo unoonekwa sewakakosha kune vose vakuru nevana. Mhuri zhinji dzechiNepal dzine inenge nzombe imwe nemhou imwe papurazi radzo. Mhuri iyi, zvisinei, yakanga isina kana zvipfuwo, uye yakatenga mukaka neyoghurt kubva kune vaitengesa.
Vabereki vangu vokuNepal vainzwisisa zvikuru pandakatsanangura revo yeshoko rokuti “vegan” kwavari, kunyange zvazvo hama dzokunyama, vavakidzani naambuya vechikuru vaiona zvokudya zvangu sezvisina kunaka zvikuru. Vegetarians varipo pano, asi kusabatanidzwa kwechigadzirwa chemukaka ndeyekufungidzira kune vakawanda. “Amai” vangu vakaedza kundinyengetedza kuti mukaka wemombe unodiwa pakukura (calcium nezvose), kutenda kumwe chete uku kuri kwose kwose pakati pevaAmerica.
Mangwanani nemanheru ndaidya chikafu chechinyakare (nyemba, svutugadzike, curry yemuriwo nemupunga muchena), uye kudya kwemasikati neni kuchikoro. Mutariri ane tsika uye haana kundibvumira kuti ndisabika chete, asi kunyange kubata chero chinhu mukicheni. Muriwo curry kazhinji waisanganisira sautéed lettuce, mbatatisi, green beans, bhinzi, cauliflower, howa, nemimwe miriwo yakawanda. Zvinenge zvese zvinorimwa munyika ino, saka mhando dzakasiyana dzemiriwo dzinogara dziripo pano. Pane imwe nguva ndakabvumirwa kubikira mhuri yose: zvakaitika apo muridzi akakohwa avocados, asi akanga asingazivi kubika. Ndakabata mhuri yese ku guacamole yakagadzirwa nema avocados! Vamwe vevandaishanda navo vegan havana kuita rombo rakanaka: mhuri dzavo dzaidya huku, nyati kana mbudzi pakudya kwese!
Kathmandu akanga ari pakati pedu uye izvozvo zvainyanya kukosha, kunyanya pandakanga ndine chepfu yezvokudya (katatu) uye gastroenteritis. Kathmandu ine 1905 Resitorendi inopa organic michero nemiriwo, falafel, yakagochwa soya bhinzi, hummus uye vegan chingwa cheGerman. Brown, tsvuku uye mupunga wepepuru inowanikwawo.
Kune zvakare Green Organic Café - inodhura zvakanyanya, inopa zvese zvakatsva uye organic, unogona kuodha vegan pizza pasina chizi. Soups, brown rice, buckwheat momo (dumplings), muriwo uye tofu cutlets. Kunyangwe iyo nzira yemukaka wemombe isingawanzo muNepal, kune nzvimbo dzinoverengeka muThameli (nzvimbo yevashanyi muKathmandu) inopa mukaka wesoya.
Iye zvino ndinoda kugovera recipe yezvokudya zviri nyore uye zvinonakidza zveNepalese - chibage chakakangwa kana popcorn. Ichi chikafu chinozivikanwa pakati peNepalese kunyanya munaGunyana-Gumiguru, munguva yekukohwa. Kugadzirira bhuteko makai, tsvaira kumativi ehari nemafuta uye udururire pasi nemafuta. Isa zviyo zviyo, munyu. Apo zviyo zvinotanga kuputika, funganya nechipunu, vhara zvakasimba nechifukidziro. Mushure memaminitsi mashomanana, sanganai ne soya kana nzungu, shandisai sechingwa.
Kazhinji, vanhu vekuAmerica havabiki lettuce, asi ingoiwedzera kune masangweji kana zvimwe ndiro mbishi. Vanhu vokuNepal vanowanzogadzira saradhi voipa ichipisa kana kutonhora nechingwa kana mupunga.