Chura loenpa is a
Tibetan cheese
Tibetan cheese is a food staple in Tibetan cuisine. Tibetan cheeses include soft cheese curds resembling cottage cheese made from buttermilk called '' chura loenpa'' (or'' ser'').Food in Tibetan Life
By Rinjing Dorfe, pp. 93, 96 Hard cheese is c ...
important within the
cuisine of Tibet. It is a soft cheese, similar to
cottage cheese, made from the
curd
Curd is obtained by coagulating milk in a sequential process called curdling. It can be a final dairy product or the first stage in cheesemaking. The coagulation can be caused by adding rennet or any edible acidic substance such as l ...
s that are left over from boiling
buttermilk
Buttermilk is a fermented dairy drink. Traditionally, it was the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cultured cream. As most modern butter in western countries is not made with cultured cream but uncultured sweet cream, most m ...
.
See also
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Chura kampo (dried Tibetan cheese)
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List of cheeses
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List of Tibetan dishes
This is a list of Tibetan dishes and foods. Tibetan cuisine includes the culinary traditions and practices of Tibet and its peoples, many of whom reside in India and Nepal. It reflects the Tibetan landscape of mountains and plateaus and incl ...
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Tibetan culture
References
*Dorje, Rinjing (1985) ''Food in Tibetan Life'', Banyan Press, , page 96
External links
*Allen, Bryan and Silvia, Kaas maken en Bai-cultuu
Tibetan cheese
Tibetan cuisine
Tibetan cheeses
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