Tibetan chang is an alcoholic drink that is made of barley, rice or millet. Tradtionally, it is a very common part of life. Tibetans drink it at funerals and celebrations, while working and playing, and at all ages. Little kids get a little taste of chang and many elders drink it as well. Just about [...]
Dresil Recipe: Easy Tibetan Sweet Rice
October 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
Though we’re still months away from making the wonderful foods related to Losar, the Tibetan New Year, we wanted to begin a series of posts that slowly build up to the major Tibetan holiday, so that when Losar 2013 rolls around in February, we will all be ready. We’ll start off with a dresil [...]
Shapale — Tibetan Fried Meat Pie Recipe
August 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
Incredibly delicious, shapale — Tibetan “meat bread” — are hot, savory, juicy meat pies.1 Like momos, shapale are widely loved in the Tibetan community, and will be the first to go at any Tibetan potluck gathering. Some people in Central Tibet eat them for breakfast, but they are more typically served with lunch or [...]
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 [...]
Tsering’s Tibetan Hot Sauce (Sepen) Recipe
March 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
If you’ve ever eaten with Tibetans, you know that it is rare to have a meal that does not involve sepen, Tibetan hot sauce. Tibetan food itself tends to be mild, but that doesn’t mean that everyone doesn’t fire up almost every dish on the plate with dollops of sepen. This can include pretty [...]
