Kathmandu Valley (Newar)
Choila
Char-grilled meat tossed with chilli, garlic and timur, finished with smoking mustard oil
45 min·4 servings
Green garlic stalks
Young, immature garlic plant with a soft bulb and green stalk, milder and fresher than mature garlic.
Green garlic is harvested before the bulb divides into firm cloves and is used together with its green stalk. It turns up in spring at farmers' markets, greengrocers or Asian grocers, and rarely otherwise.
Substitute:
Spring onions with one finely chopped garlic clove come close, though the result tastes a little more oniony. In spring, wild garlic also works, with a grassier, stronger flavour.
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