Tibetan food recipes and cuisine reflects local customs and climate and few crops grow at the high altitudes that characterises much of Tibet. However, there are a few areas in Tibet are low enough to grow rice, oranges, bananas, and lemon.
Flour milled from roasted barley, locally called tsampa, is the staple food of Tibet. Balep is the Tibetan bread eaten for breakfast and lunch. Thukpa consists of noodles of various shapes, vegetables and meat in broth, mainly consumed at dinner. In contrast to other Himalayan cultures, Tibetan dishes are traditionally served with bamboo chopsticks. Small soup bowls are also used
Meat dishes are yak, goat, or mutton – often dried, or cooked in a spicy stew with potatoes. Mustard seed is cultivated in Tibet, and is liberally used in its Tibetan food recipes.
Yak yoghurt, butter and cheese are regularly eaten. Some Tibetan dishes are also consumed in Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, various regions of northern Nepal and by Tibetan exiles in India.
Beef Momos are probably Tibet’s most famous dish, these are handmade by all the family and eaten on special occasions. Variations with lamb are also popular. Other popular Tibetan meat dishes include a range of curries and noodle stews. Sherpa Momos Beef Momos Lamb Momos Then Thuk – Noodle Soup Spring Soup Mar Jasha (Butter … Read more Tibetan Meat Dishes
Surprise your family and friends with these Tibetan vegetarian recipes, including the Dalai Lama’s Momos! We’ve a tasty list of traditional vegetable-based recipes from Tibet; The Dalai Lama’s Momos Then Thuk – Noodle Soup Potato Soup Potato Curry Tibetan Vegetable Soup Greens with Tofu (Tse Tofu) Corn Soup (Ashom Tang) Tibetan Noodle Stew Tukpa: Tibetan … Read more Tibetan Vegetarian Dishes
Whilst Tibet is more likely to conjure up visions of mountains than desserts, Tibetan cuisine does include a small range of sweet recipes, especially for special occasions. Cream Cheese Barfi Carrot Barfi Sikarni Rasbari Dessert Khir Cream Cheese Barfi (Sweetened Cream Cheese Cake) Ingredients 1.5 lb cream cheese 1.5 lb sour cream 1 can sweet … Read more Tibetan Desserts
Momos Sauce Kopan Masala Achar Coriander Chili Sauce (Sonam Penzom Sibeh) Dipping Sauce for Momos Ingredients 1 Tbsp soy sauce 1 Tbsp vinegar 1 Tbsp chile oil 1 piece of fresh ginger (about 1/2 inch long), shredded Directions Combine all ingredients. Achar Yield: 1 cup Ingredients 1/2 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 Tbsp … Read more Tibetan Sauces
The cuisine in Tibet 1.The cuisine in Lhasa. Lhasa is very rich of the food providing, as a tourist, besides your personal favourable caddy, biscuit, etc, you don’t need to bring too much heavey extra food with you. One day if you are in Lhasa, you will be amased to find out its rich variety … Read more Tibetan Food
Locked away in its Himalayan fortress, Tibet has long exercised a unique hold on the imagination of the West: ‘Shangri-La’, ‘the Land of Snows’, ‘the Rooftop of the World’, Tibet is mysterious in a way that few other places are. Most of Tibet is an immense plateau which lies at altitudes from 4000 to 5000m, … Read more Tibet Information
The Tibetan Flag Introduction “The Tibetan national flag is intimately connected with the authentic history and royal lineages of Tibet which are thousands of years old. Furthermore, in the Tibetan Royal year 820 or in the seventh century of the Christian era, at the time of the Tibetan religious King Song-tzan Gampo the Great extensive … Read more Tibetan Culture
TIBET The United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures and counties in other provinces to be a part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Tibetan population within the TAR was approximately 2.8 million, while in autonomous prefectures and counties outside the TAR the Tibetan population was an estimated … Read more Tibetan Human Rights 2007
Happy Tibetan New Year The Year 2131 – Year of the Wood-Monkey February 21, 2004 So you want to learn Tibetan… Let’s start with the alphabet. If you would just like a translation, please follow the instructions at the bottom of this page. The Alphabet Consonants The Tibetan alphabet is derived from the ancient Brahmi … Read more Tibetan Language
Many Thanks to: www.friesian.com Tibet enters history with the introduction of Buddhism and the organization of a kingdom in competition with T’ang China. Eventually, the Tibetans ended the Chinese presence in Central Asia and even briefly occupied the T’ang capital, Ch’ang-An. The Tibetan language is related to Chinese, but culturally Tibet is a sub-Indian rather … Read more Kings of Tibet and the Dalai Lamas