Thukpa

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Thukpa (Tibetan: ཐུག་པ་; Wylie: thug pa) is a Tibetan noodle soup, usually served with meat. It is popular in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and also in the state of Sikkim, Ladakh and some other parts of India. The food is widely available in restaurants in these regions. There are numerous varieties of thukpa, including:

• Thenthuk (Tibetan: འཐེན་ཐུག་; Wylie: 'then thug),
• Gyathuk (Tibetan: རྒྱ་ཐུག་; Wylie: rgya thug),
• Pathug (Tibetan: བག་ཐུག་; Wylie: bag thug), and
• Drethug (Tibetan: འབྲས་ཐུག་; Wylie: 'bras thug).

[edit] External links

• Recipe of veg Thukpa
• Another vegetarian Thukpa recipe