Recently, we took a YoWangdu community survey that showed a strong interest in Tibetan-style vegetarian food. (Our friend Dan Haig from Tibet Online teased us about this, knowing how much Tibetans traditionally love their meats :-) We love vegetarian Tibetan dishes too, so Lobsang experimented with a new Tibetan fusion veggie dish, Shamey Gongthuk, [...]
Shogo Khatsa: Spicy Potatoes Recipe
April 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you’re a person who can handle some hot peppers, you are going to love our friend Nima’s wonderful shogo khatsa — spicy potatoes — recipe.* Nima la learned this recipe from Nepali people in her hometown of Kalimpong, in the Darjeeling district of the Indian state of West Bengal. In India, this dish [...]
Can I Cook Tibetan Food at Home?
March 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
Absolutely! While Tibetan food has a reputation for being quite exotic, the great majority of the most common Tibetan recipes can be made with common ingredients and kitchen utensils. There are some unusual ingredients, and it helps to have access to a good Asian foods market, but almost none of the unusual ingredients are essential [...]
Changkol Recipe: To Start Losar Morning Off Right
February 2, 2013 By 4 Comments
Try some changkol, as Tibetans do, for the first dish you eat on the first day of Losar, Tibetan New Year :-) Changkol, also sometimes called koenden, is pretty exotic from a western perspective, and may not be the most appetizing-looking dish, though we think a lot of folks who try it will like [...]
Thue: An Original Tibetan Treat
January 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Although Tibetan cuisine has very little on the sweet side, one special treat – thue – is a sugary, buttery, cheesy brick of goodness that is eaten at Losar and other special occasions, like weddings or the Shodon (yogurt) festival. (See the Know Your Tibetan Holidays post.) The uncooked squares, held together by vast [...]
Losar — Tibetan New Year
January 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
The Tibetan New Year – Losar – will be here before you know it and we want to offer you a “how-to” guide for some of the major new year traditions and dishes. The first day of Losar in 2013 will fall on February 11. By the Tibetan calendar, this will be the first [...]
