Meat, Poultry & Eggs

In Nepal, meat is a high-status food and does not feature frequently in the regular diet of most people. Poorer people consume meat only on special occasions and festivities, while the urban middle class consumes meat more frequently. The most common and preferred meat is freshly slaughtered goat and the Nepali words for goat are the same as the generic words for meat—khasi or boka. All parts of the animal are eaten, including the liver, intestines, brain, kidney, tongue, tripe, and blood. Meat from castrated goats is called khasi ko maasu, young goat meat is called boka ko maasu, and both can be purchased at Indian or Middle Eastern grocery stores and some farms. Most butchers will cut meat according to your specifications, upon request.