DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Jaju
Bhutanese milk soup with turnip leaves, onion, chillies, garlic and ginger.
About Jaju
Jaju is a Bhutanese leafy soup associated with everyday meals and family gatherings. Kesang’s dried-turnip-leaf rendition combines milk with onion, chillies, garlic and ginger in a generous, milky liquid.
The leaves give the soup a dark green character, while the milk contributes a gentle richness. Garlic and ginger add a fresh aromatic edge, with chilli providing warmth alongside the mild dairy flavour.
Jaju appears as a side within a larger meal, especially when other dishes have little liquid. Rice and curry are suggested companions, and the soup has a place at family events and festivals.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Jaju
Kesang’s dried-turnip-leaf jaju.
- Turnip leaves for dryingBase
- OnionAromatic
- Chillies, type unspecifiedSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- GingerAromatic
- MilkLiquid
- Cooking oilCooking medium
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Prepared riceAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Unspecified curryAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Turnip leaves for drying: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. First explicit original dried-turnip leaves19/27. Own manufacture19-20 removes harvested leaves and sun-dries; expanded raw turnip leaf input, no rehydration recipe or fermentation invented.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal29/37-38.
- Chillies, type unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal30/37-38; no colour/species/form inferred. Current author reduced heat25 disclosed, no original quantity reconstructed.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal31/37 and author66 explicitly resolves addition at the end.
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal32/37; author66 resolves end addition, no powdered spice assumed.
- Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Literal33/39, Milk positive despite inaccurate general vegan wording on About.
- Cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal34/38 generic cooking oil; not olive oil from separate Ema Datsi recipe.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal34/38.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only literal38 hot water, full milk-based soup construction.
- Prepared rice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. General service19 consumed along with rice; optional side after complete soup, exact variety/formula and own manufacture unprovided.
- Unspecified curry (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. General service19 curry category, optional; no specific named curry or whole ingredient formula supplied, no arbitrary Ema Datsi union.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Bhutan
- BhutanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bhutanese
- Bhutanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review