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Check out our new recipe for Sharad's way of cooking Nepali Chicken Curry.
It's so delicious!
Sharad is a really good cook and we'll be posting more how-to videos of Nepali cuisine, so be sure to subscribe to our channel (Coco's Nepal) to see more!

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