himalaya foodHIMALAYAN KITCHEN

WARMTH AT ALTITUDE

Where the air is thin,
the food is dense.

Barley, butter, chilli and long hours by the fire.
Four countries, one landscape, one table.

THE HIMALAYA

RECIPE OF THE DAY · Monday, September 28

Numtak Balep

Paper-thin flatbread that puffs into a balloon in hot oil

90 min · 4 servings ·

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ONE LANDSCAPE, MANY KITCHENS

Where the cooking happens.

Tibet8 recipesNepal4 recipesBhutan2 recipesKathmandu Valley (Newar)1 recipeSikkim1 recipeSolu-Khumbu (Sherpa)1 recipe
Ladakh Xizang Tashi Yangtse Lhuntshi Bumthang Sikkim Ha Samchi West Bengal Chhukha Geylegphug Shemgang Samdrup Jongkhar Tashigang Karnali Mahakali Seti Dhawalagiri Gandaki Bagmati Janakpur Sagarmatha Bhojpur Mechi Thimphu Paro Gasa Narayani Lumbini Rapti Bheri Chirang Wangdi Phodrang Daga Punakha Mongar Tongsa Pemagatsel

ONE LANDSCAPE, FOUR COUNTRIES

The border does not run
through the kitchen.

Momo are called momo in Lhasa, Kathmandu, Thimphu and Gangtok, and taste a little different in each. Look at one country only and you lose half the recipes — and half the story.

THE RECIPE COLLECTION

What goes on the table today?

20 recipes
Sha BalepAI imageMeat

Tibet

Sha Balep

Tibetan half-moon pastries with a spiced beef filling, fried until golden

90 min·4 servings
Amdo BalepAI imageVegan

Tibet

Amdo Balep

A big round pot-baked yeast bread, golden outside, soft within

240 min·4 servings
GyumaAI imageMeat

Tibet

Gyuma

Rice blood sausage in natural casing — cooled, sliced and fried in the pan

180 min·6 servings
LapingAI imageVegan

Tibet

Laping

Cold mung bean noodles in a garlicky chilli sauce — slippery and hot

330 min·4 servings
Sha KamAI imageMeat

Bhutan

Sha Kam

Air-dried beef braised with potatoes and dried red chilies

60 min·4 servings
KuraAI imageVegan

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Kura

Moist potato bread with wholemeal flour, crisp outside, soft within

150 min·8 servings
RikikurAI imageVegetarian

Solu-Khumbu (Sherpa)

Rikikur

Sherpa potato flatbread, hot from the pan, with chilli-cheese achaar and butter

50 min·4 servings
ShyakpaAI imageMeat

Nepal

Shyakpa

Sherpa stew with hand-torn dough pieces, meat and root vegetables

75 min·6 servings
Paneer MomosAI imageVegetarian

Indischer Subkontinent (indisch adaptierte Momo-Variante mit Paneer bzw. Käse)

Paneer Momos

Steamed dumplings with a spiced cheese filling — street-style, with a dip

90 min·4 servings
SepenAI imageVegan

Kathmandu Valley (Newar)

Sepen

Spicy tomato and chilli chutney for momos, with garlic, ginger and timur

25 min·4 servings
Sha BalepAI imageMeat

Tibet

Sha Balep

Tibetan meat pockets with a spiced beef filling, fried until golden

90 min·4 servings
ThukpaAI imageVegan

Tibet

Thukpa

Noodle soup with vegetables, ginger and chili — a whole meal in one bowl

45 min·4 servings
MomosAI imageMeat

Nepal

Momos

Steamed dumplings with a chicken filling and a hot tomato-chili sauce

90 min·4 servings

One of several

This collection belongs to a series

Each site in this series shows one kitchen and only that one: ours here, Georgian cuisine, Korean cuisine, Hungarian cuisine and Japanese cuisine next door. Find your way around one and you will find your way around all of them — the same structure, the same care, a different kitchen.

And if you do not know what to cook today — one page gathers the recipes of the day from every kitchen.

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