We’re continuing our series of posts on traditions relating to the Tibetan New Year – Losar – with a vegetarian recipe for the very popular guthuk soup eaten on the night before Losar’s Eve. Guthuk is the only Tibetan food that is eaten only once a year, on the last day of the year, [...]
Thukpa Bhathuk Recipe
September 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
Thukpa Bhathuk Thukpa bhathuk (or pathuk) centers on the little hand-rolled bhatsa noodles that most resemble, in their shape, Italian gnocchi, but with an extra little scoop. One of the benefits of this shape is that you get a little extra taste of the broth with every bite of bhatsa. Like other Tibetan noodle soups, [...]
How Well Do You Know Your Tibetan Food?
June 9, 2012 By 8 Comments
Eleven Sometimes Surprising Facts about Tibetan Food Test how much you really know about Tibetan cuisine with the list below. Give yourself a point for every fact in the list below you already knew, and please tell us in the comments below how well you did, or if you know any other facts [...]
Tibetan Food: A Visual Guide
April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tibetan food, which evolved to sustain a hardy people living at an average elevation of 16,000 feet, is like no other food in the world. Who else but Tibetans have a great time drinking salty tea and eating sweet rice in the same sitting? Or grow up on a steady diet of roasted barley flour [...]
Your Insider’s Guide to Losar Eating — Part 1
February 12, 2012 By 6 Comments
In this two-part series, we’ll focus on Tibetan New Year holiday food traditions. For a full guide on celebrating Tibetan New Year, check out our post on Losar >> At Tibetan New Year — Losar — which usually falls sometime during February or March, a typical central Tibetan family in the countryside will take a [...]
Sha Mothuk: Beef Dumpling Soup
January 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
« Previous Page 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next Page » Sha mothuk is a delicious soup version of the beloved Tibetan meat dumplings, momos. Tibetans love soup dishes, most likely due to a natural proclivity for warming foods at high altitude. The preparation for sha mothuk is fairly intensive, [...]
