Breakfast Griddle · Buckwheat Pancake
Khuli
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Locals build breakfast around these thick, saucer-sized pancakes the way the rest of Bhutan builds it around rice — hearty enough to eat with just a spoonful of honey or a smear of chili cheese.
A batter of buckwheat flour and water is ladled onto a hot, lightly oiled griddle and cooked into a thick, flat pancake, denser and heartier than a crepe. Bumthang households and roadside stalls serve it warm with local honey, butter, or a spoon of chili cheese on the side.
Why it's made this way: Like puta, khuli exists because buckwheat, not rice, is what actually grows in Bumthang's cool climate, and the valley built an entire breakfast tradition around a grain most of the rest of Bhutan treats as a side dish.
Roughly what's in it
300kcal
7gprotein
45gcarbs
10gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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