The khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी khukuri, Hindi: kukrī) is a Nepalese knife with an inwardly curved blade, similar to a machete, used as both a tool and as a weapon in Nepal and some neighbouring countries of South Asia.Traditionally it was, and in many cases still is, the basic utility knife of the Nepalese people.he khukuri often appears in Nepalese heraldry and is used in many traditional rituals such as wedding ceremonies. The kukri, khukri, and kukkri spellings are of Indian origin, the original Nepalese form being khukuri.