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Raksi

रक्सी

Clear spirit distilled at home from millet or rice, drunk warm from small metal cups

Nepal Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Distilled in copper stills in hill villages and offered to guests and deities; production is legal for household use across much of Nepal.

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What is Raksi?

Raksi is a wine & spirit from Nepal: clear spirit distilled at home from millet or rice, drunk warm from small metal cups. Distilled in copper stills in hill villages and offered to guests and deities; production is legal for household use across much of Nepal.

Made with

ricemillet

Cooked

distilled

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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