A cold-desert cuisine based on barley, wheat noodles, butter tea and dried meat.
History
Ladakh's short growing season made barley the staple. Tibetan influence gave tsampa, thukpa and momo, with skyu (wheat pasta stew) as a home dish.
Ingredients
- Roasted barley flour (tsampa)
- Wheat flour
- Butter
- Salt
- Mutton
- Turnip
How it's made
- Roast barley and grind into flour
- Mix with butter tea to make a dough
- Make hand-shaped wheat pasta for skyu
- Cook it in a stew with vegetables and meat
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how to enjoy it
Serve & enjoy
Served hot with butter tea.
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