Thukpa

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“Thukpa is fundamentally the chickenhearted noodle crockery of Tibet,” Maneet Chauhan writes successful “Chaat,” her publication of recipes from markets and kitchens crossed India, “but with a fiery twist.” The vigor comes from ginger and serrano chiles; usage less if you’d similar a milder broth. Peeling the adust tegument disconnected ginger basal with a spoon preserves much of its soma and allows you to get into the nooks, but you tin besides usage a peeler oregon paring knife. Fragrant and heavy with vegetables and noodles, the crockery tin beryllium made without meat, too.

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Leftovers tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 3 days. The noodles volition sorb overmuch of the broth aft a fewer days. The soup, without noodles, tin beryllium frozen for 2 months.

The tomato-ginger-chile basal whitethorn beryllium made up to 2 days successful advance.

Ingredients

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Servings: 6-8 (Makes 12 cups)

  • 2 mean tomatoes (10 ounces total), astir chopped
  • One (1 -inch) portion caller ginger, peeled
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 2 to 3 serrano chiles, stemmed
  • 2 tablespoons rootlike lipid oregon different neutral oil
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chickenhearted thighs
  • 2 quarts low-sodium chickenhearted stock
  • 2 reddish doorbell peppers, seeded and coarsely chopped
  • 1 ample carrot (6 ounces), scrubbed and coarsely chopped
  • 1 cupful (5 ounces) coarsely chopped greenish beans
  • 1 cupful (3 ounces) shredded greenish cabbage
  • 6 ounces bladed atom noodles oregon spaghettini
  • Juice of 1 ample citrus (3 to 4 tablespoons)
  • Salt
  • Sliced scallions and caller cilantro sprigs, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (2 cups)

  • Calories

    220

  • Fat

    6 g

  • Saturated Fat

    1 g

  • Carbohydrates

    26 g

  • Sodium

    262 mg

  • Cholesterol

    47 mg

  • Protein

    14 g

  • Fiber

    3 g

  • Sugar

    4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “Chaat: Recipes from the Kitchens, Markets, and Railways of India” by Maneet Chauhan and Jody Eddy (Clarkson Potter, 2020).

Tested by G. Daniela Galarza and Jim Webster.

Published October 20, 2021

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Updated March 17, 2026

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