thukpa

plural thukpas

1. countableuncountableA Tibetan noodle soup.

   Sometimes a little vegetables, sometimes a little meat, sometimes a little soup with noodles, tomatoes and cabbage. Thukpa they are calling it.

   1983, Andrew Harvey, A Journey in Ladakh

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   The Sherpas helped us build a cooking fire at the end of the day, and then Norzin, Cherry from Sikkim, and I cooked Tibetan rice or flour soups called thukpas for the group of German, Thai, Indian, Australian, and British friends.

   2001, Namgyal Lhamo Taklha, Born in Lhasa, page 64

   Thukpa is a generic Tibetan word for any soup or stew combined with noodles. This particular thukpa uses fresh homemade egg noodles and can also be called Chinese thukpa.

   2014, Lee Geok Boi, Asian Noodles, page 163