Sunday, September 11, 2011

Tibetian soup..Thenthuk!!!!!

Our visit to Namdroling Monastry made us experience a soup which is named 'Thenthuk'(pull noodles), is wholesome to be enjoyed in lieu of main dinner.It is vegeterian with use of lots of veggies and is having a distinct flavour to it.The soup can be accompanied with garlic bread and soup sticks,as lighter meals at night gives good sleep.

Ingredients:
1)Green beans-100g
2)Radish-100g
3)Cabbage-100g
4)Garlic and Ginger minced for two tablespoon
5)Green Coriander
6)Tomatoes two chopped
7)Spinach one bunch chopped
8)If prefer meat masala powder/garam masala powder
9)Salt to taste
10)One teaspoon sugar
11)Cooking oil
12)Water for liquidity
13)Blackpepper freshly grounded
14) Flour dough for fresh noodle to be boiled along(using 'maida' which is nicely soft and flexible)

For preparation we start with a pan adding a tablespoon oil.Add ginger garlic mince and let it brown and
then add masala powder and salt.Once golden add beans chopped,cabbage,radish.Mix well and once soften add tomatoes.Add sugar and put 1 litre of water and let it boil .When it is in good boiling state,we prepare to be added fresh pasta shaped noodle out of kneaded flour.Take the dough roll a circular roti out of it.Cut small chunks of pieces of prefered shape and add to boiling soup fast.Adding this makes the consistency thick and finally add spinach and coriander and boil for another five ten minutes.Your thenthuk  is ready to slurrp!!!!

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