Mokthuk or Mothuk (
Tibetan: མའོ་ཁི་ཐུའུ་ཁི་ཡིས་བཤད་རྒྱུར།;
Nepali: मुकतुक) is a type of
momo
Momo may refer to:
Geography
* Momo (department), Cameroon, a division of Northwest Province
* Momo, Gabon, a town in the Woleu-Ntem province
* Momo, Piedmont, a town in the province of Novara, Italy
People Given name or nickname Athletes
* ...
soup
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot – though it is sometimes served chilled – made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with Stock (food), stock, milk, or water. According to ''The Oxford Compan ...
. It is popular in
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...
,
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
and
Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...
, a region in northern
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. It originates from Tibet. It is a combination of momo and
thukpa
Thukpa ( Tibetan: ཐུག་པ; IPA: /tʰu(k̚)ˀ˥˥.pə˥˥/ ) is a Tibetan noodle soup, which originated in the eastern part of Tibet. ''Amdo thukpa'', especially '' thenthuk'', is a variant among the Indians, especially Ladakhis and the ...
where unlike the momos, the shape of the dumplings are usually smaller known as tsi-tsi momos.
Similar to
jhol momo, however the
broth
Broth, also known as bouillon (), is a savory liquid made of water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered for a short period of time. It can be eaten alone, but it is most commonly used to prepare other dishes, such as soups ...
for mokthuk is made using either meat bones added with various
herbs
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and
vegetables
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, or is served with a vegetarian broth.
See also
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Nepalese cuisine
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Tibetan cuisine
Tibetan cuisine includes the culinary traditions and practices of the Tibetan people in the Tibet region. The cuisine reflects the Tibetan landscape of mountains and plateaus and includes influences from neighbors (including India and Nepal ...
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Indian cuisine
Indian cuisine consists of a variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to the Indian subcontinent. Given the diversity in soil, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially and use locally av ...
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Thukpa
Thukpa ( Tibetan: ཐུག་པ; IPA: /tʰu(k̚)ˀ˥˥.pə˥˥/ ) is a Tibetan noodle soup, which originated in the eastern part of Tibet. ''Amdo thukpa'', especially '' thenthuk'', is a variant among the Indians, especially Ladakhis and the ...
*
Thenthuk
References
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Dumplings
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Nepalese cuisine
Tibetan cuisine
Indian cuisine