Rutang: Beef Based Soup © YoWangdu.com
Rutang is a very common and well-loved soup made from a variety of bony meats, which we eat with momos, or sha balep, or as part of thukpa gyathuk. If you have time, you can let this simmer all day for maximum flavor. In Tibet, where it was normally too cold for cold drinks with one’s meals, you would drink rutang. In the Lhasa area, the bone used for the broth would most likely be yak, or beef in the countryside.
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