#droma dresil

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Happy Losar!!

Happy Losar, my friends! Today we celebrate the Tibetan New Year, the Year of Wood Dragon. Wood is the Element of the year. The year of the Wood Dragon is the 38th year in the 60-year cycle of the Tibetan calendar. In Tibetan, this year is called Tromo, which translates as Wrathful. The Wood Dragon is characterized by his uncanny ability to attract fortune and luck despite his often peculiar…

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Dresil is a sweet dish usually only served on special occasions such as weddings and Buddhist holidays, however its main use in Tibet is on Losar, the Tibetan New Year. In Central Tibet and some other areas, people will eat it first thing in the morning on the first day of the New Year accompanied by changkol and butter tea which Elena and Melanie tried at Cafe Himalayas. Nat and I will  talk about this tea for our next recipe!

 In traditional Tibetan dresil, they use butter from a dri, or female yak, and droma, which is a small root grown in Tibet that tastes very similar to a sweet potato. However, for our purposes we just used cow’s milk and omitted the droma, adding raisins and almonds instead. 

RECIPE:

2 cups of rice

6 tablespoons of butter

½ cup cashew nuts

1 cup raisins

¼ cup of sugar

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cook the rice

2. Melt the butter

3. Mix all the ingredients together

This is a quick and easy recipe that can be made easily; the main time component of this dessert is making the ingredients themselves. When making traditional dresil, on top of cooking the rice and obtaining the expensive yak butter, the droma must be boiled in water for 35-40 minutes, drained and rinsed in order to remove the bacterial and soil contained in the root. 

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Losar Bei Tashi Delek!

Happy New Year, my Tibetan sisters and brothers! Today we celebrate Tibetan New Year, called Losar. Losar is celebrated for 15 days, with the main celebrations on the first three days. Happy Losar!! On the first day of the Tibetan New Year, Tibetans usually celebrate at home with their family members. Preparing homes for Losar requires some days, as families thoroughly clean their homes,…