Chicken soup Thukpa

Thukpa (or colloquially known as Thupka) is a noodle soup dish originating from Tibet. The soup is truly a healthy delight for it has an assortment of vegetables that heightens its palatability. The soup can be made either strictly vegetarian or with chicken.

The dish is also consumed in the region of Sikkim, Darjeeling,Kalimpong and Arunachal Pradesh Ladakh, as well in (Jammu & Kashmir) in India. It is also popular in the Ladakh region and the state of Himachal Pradesh. Thukpa is also eaten in Bhutan, Nepa by Himalayan people.

There are numerous varieties of Thukpa in Tibetan tradition, including:

Thenthuk (Tibetan: འཐེན་ཐུག་, Wylie: 'then thug): Hand-pulled noodle

Gyathuk (Tibetan: རྒྱ་ཐུག་, Wylie: rgya thug): Chinese noodle

Nepali (Nepali: थुक्पा)

Pathug (Tibetan: བག་ཐུག་, Wylie: bag thug): Hand-rolled pinched noodle (like gnocchi)

Drethug (Tibetan: འབྲས་ཐུག་, Wylie: 'bras thug)

The Nepalese version of Thukpa is much influenced by Indian tastes and therefore contains chili powder, masala (usually garam masala), which makes it hot and spicy with a dominant Indian curry flavor.