A FOOD TRADITION

Tibetan cuisine

Tibetan cuisine is associated with the Tibetan Plateau and Tibetan communities in Tibet and neighboring parts of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu, and Yunnan. It is shaped by high-altitude pastoral and agricultural conditions, with barley, yak and other meats, dairy, wheat, potatoes, radishes, and hardy greens playing important roles. Roasting, boiling, stewing, drying, and fermentation are common, alongside the preparation of roasted barley flour and butter tea. Representative foods include tsampa, momos, and thukpa. Tibetan cooking has longstanding links with Himalayan and Central Asian foodways, so its catalogue description should recognize regional variation and shared traditions across present-day borders.

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