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    Tibetan Thukpa Noodle Soup Recipe

    Dec 21, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Helene Dsouza
    Tibetan Thukpa Soup with vegetables and a protein of your choice. I chose to add chicken.
    Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    4 servings
    RECIPE
    Tibetan Thukpa Recipe

    The Tibetan Thukpa Recipe is prepared with various delicious ingredients.

    This soup will lighten up your mood and help you find inner peace after a long day.

    Tibetan Thukpa Recipe
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    • πŸ“• What is Thukpa?
    • πŸ”ͺ How we discovered the Thukpa soup
    • 🍲 Tibetan Food
    • πŸ‘οΈ More Asian Noodle Soups
    • πŸ“– Recipe
    • πŸ’¬ Comments

    πŸ“• What is Thukpa?

    Thukpa is a Tibetan soup made of noodles, vegetables and occasionally a protein.

    The soup is a wholesome meal in itself.

    Tibetans eat it to keep them self warm.

    The ingredients usually includes what the people in the Himalayas can get and depends heavily on the seasons.

    For example, Tibetans eat mainly vegetables in the spring and summer months.

    In the winter they switch to adding mainly meat, such as mutton, to their thukpa soups.

    In time, thukpa variations have cropped up, and most Tibetan households have their approach to this delicious noodle soup.

    πŸ”ͺ How we discovered the Thukpa soup

    I learned about the thukpa soup for the first time from my husband.

    He is a tremendous thukpa fan, since he had worked in a restaurant in North India, in a typical adventure traveler spot near Manali in Himachal Pradesh.

    Tibetans are an ethnic minority who settled in Himachal Pradesh in the Indian Himalayas.

    They are considered refugees from Tibet, as they left when China took over Tibet.

    We lived with Tibetan families in villages in Spiti Valley, such as in Nako village, and that's when we encountered the best Tibetan food ever.

    We traveled there in June, so the Thukpas were made with vegetables.

    Meat was not added.

    Tibetan Thukpa Recipe

    🍲 Tibetan Food

    I can vouch for two gorgeous Tibetan dishes, which will turn you into an instant fan after the first bite.

    One is the all famous Momo dumplings, which are usually steamed (or sometimes fried too and stuffed with veggies, yak meat, chicken or prawns. I have 6 amazing Momo recipes here.

    Second in place is the thukpa soup which is a warming soup, especially during cold winter days.

    We also fell in love with Butter Tea which is really great when you travel in the Himalayas as it revitalizes you.

    Let me warn you, not everyone enjoys butter tea.

    If you want to know more about Tibetan food, then I recommend this Tibetan cookbook.

    πŸ‘οΈ More Asian Noodle Soups

    • Spicy Thai Noodle Soup
    • Northern Thai Noodle Soup (more authentic recipe) by everydaymaven.com
    • Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup
    • Yat Gaw Mein (Creole Chinese style noodle soup)

    Dear reader, do you enjoy Tibetan food?

    Tibetan Thukpa Recipe

    πŸ“– Recipe

    Tibetan Thukpa Recipe

    Tibetan Thukpa Recipe

    Tibetan Thukpa Soup with vegetables and a protein of your choice. I chose to add chicken.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: Asian, Tibetan
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 383kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1 Tablespoon Oil
    • 1 Onion sliced
    • 1 Tablespoon Ginger + Garlic *see Notes
    • 1 small Carrot cut small
    • 7 ounces Potato diced
    • 12 piece Mushrooms optional, sliced
    • 7 ounces Protein of your choice Chicken or Mutton
    • 1 Green Chili Pepper optional
    • 2 Tablespoon Tomato Sauce
    • 3 cups Water
    • Salt to taste
    • Black Pepper Ground
    • 7 ounces Lo Mein Noodles Asian egg noodles
    • Spinach handful roughly cut
    • 3 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
    • Juice of one Lime
    • 1 Green Onions aka spring onion, chopped, to garnish
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Add the Oil to a pan and fry your Onion soft and translucent. Add 1 Tablespoon of Ginger Garlic paste and stir fry quickly. Add your cut carrot pieces to the pan and stir fry for 2 minutes.
      Thukpa Tibetan Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe - How to make Thukpa www.MasalaHerb.com
    • Then add the mushroom, potato and the protein of your choice, stir fry and cook for 2 minutes on medium heat. Then throw in the cut green chili and add the tomato paste. Mix the whole content.
      Thukpa Tibetan Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe - How to make Thukpa www.MasalaHerb.com
    • Pour in the water and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the potato and carrot pieces are soft. In the meantime prepare a pot with water, let it boil and add the egg noodles.
    • Now add the Spinach and noodles, mix well and cook for about 4 more minutes. Remove from the heat and add the soy sauce and lemon juice. Mix very well and gobble the soup over into in the soup bowls.
      Thukpa Tibetan Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe - How to make Thukpa www.MasalaHerb.com
    • Garnish with chopped green onion stalks and serve hot.

    Notes

    1. Use fresh ginger and garlic finely chopped (ratio 1:2) or use ginger and garlic paste.
    2. You can also use tofu or skip the protein all together to make this soup vegetarian or vegan (switch egg noodles with regular ones)
    3. Don't use seafood as a protein because that wouldn't make it Tibetan.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Tibetan Thukpa Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 383 Calories from Fat 108
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 12g18%
    Saturated Fat 3g15%
    Cholesterol 37mg12%
    Sodium 1067mg44%
    Potassium 679mg19%
    Carbohydrates 51g17%
    Fiber 4g16%
    Sugar 5g6%
    Protein 19g38%
    Vitamin A 2280IU46%
    Vitamin C 13.6mg16%
    Calcium 42mg4%
    Iron 3mg17%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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