Mokthuk

Mokthuk/Mothuk
Alternative namesམའོ་ཁི་ཐུའུ་ཁི་ཡིས་བཤད་རྒྱུར, मुकतुक
Place of originHimalayan region
Associated cuisineTibetan cuisine, Nepali cuisine, Indian cuisine

Mokthuk or Mothuk (Tibetan: མའོ་ཁི་ཐུའུ་ཁི་ཡིས་བཤད་རྒྱུར།; Nepali: मुकतुक) is a type of momo soup. It is popular in Tibet, Nepal and Ladakh, a region in northern India. It's originates from Tibet. It is a combination of momo and thukpa where unlike the momos, the shape of the dumplings are usually smaller known as tsi-tsi momos.[1]

Similar to jhol momo, however the broth for mokthuk is made using either meat bones added with various herbs and vegetables, or is served with a vegetarian broth.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b Lama, Tsering Ngodup. "An essential guide to thukpas". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. ^ Kathmandu, Paris. "What to eat in Boudha, Kathmandu, NEPAL- 22 Must Try Food". Paris Kathmandu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.