Tibet - one of the regions of Asia, which to this day remains for most people a mystery. To see it, you have to overcome an easy path, because it is in the high Tibetan Plateau. In no country in the world you will see what Tibet can show.
The mysterious history and culture of the Tibetan people is unique and completely unexplored. It is many hundreds of years old. Tibet of our time leads its history from the middle of the twentieth century. It was then that powerful China decided to conquer neighboring Tibetan lands.
The Chinese conducted military operations on the territory of the peace-loving Buddhist state, as a result of which many representatives of the local population were killed, the rest of the inhabitants became refugees. The Chinese gathered to destroy together with an independent country and its heritage - ancient religious monuments. After the invasion of Chinese soldiers from six thousand monasteries in Tibet there were only eight, and the number of Buddhist monks decreased from one hundred fourteen thousand to eight hundred.
Until the second half of the 90s of the last century, foreigners could not enter Tibet. The Chinese authorities continue to insist that the Tibetan lands have always been the property of the PRC.But the world community and ordinary people have never approved of the disgraces that the Chinese soldiers in the holy Tibet were doing: the murders of civilians and the destruction of sacred objects can not be justified.
Tibetan religion is called Buddhism, and all the inhabitants of this country profess it without exception. The spiritual teacher and mentor of Tibetans is the Dalai Lama XIV.He lives in India and is the head of government in exile. At such extreme measures Lama went only after the next attempt on his life was committed.
Culinary preferences of Tibetans
The national cuisine of Tibet, with its recipe peculiar only to it, is the same distinctive feature of this country as religion. Local cooking can be called somewhat monotonous. The Tibetan state is in special climatic and geographical conditions, which affected in its time in the local cuisine.
Tibetans have been breeding livestock and growing crops since ancient times. That's why the whole recipe of Tibet dishes is divided into the cooking of the wanderers and the cooking of the landowners. The nomads had a completely different lifestyle, they ate differently.
Traditional dishes of Tibetan cuisine
The main dishes of Tibetan wanderers were meat. The nomads gave preference to goat and lamb. So, Sho's dish is a meat boiled in yogurt. As usual, it was combined with Chur's cheese. The inhabitants of Tibet use dried yak meat in natural conditions. He is supposed to have green tea and Tsampa.
Tsampa is a popular bread that is cooked in Tibet. At its manufacture are used: the fried flour, cheese and yak milk. Special attention should be paid to yak milk. It is an important product in the cooking of Tibet and is part of many Tibetan dishes. For example, from it prepare a wholesome yogurt, cheese, and also butter. Gentle cheese Chura Loyen-Pa or a hard grade of cheese Chura Kampo is obtained in Tibet from buttermilk. Some cheeses are smoked by the Tibetans, which results in the national dish of Chhurpi.
Landowners used to eat mostly vegetables and pork dishes. In the diet of Tibetans, and today does not include fish. Tibetan Momo also uses recipes from other Asian countries. For example, dumplings in Tibet are made with a vegetable or meat filling. Often they toast to a golden crust.
In the national Tibetan cuisine, of course, there are also the first dishes, but they are almost not cooked. An exception is the vegetable soup of Tungpa, to which noodles are added. At the end of the meal, the Tibetans drink Suime or Bo tea. This is a specific oil drink. In order to make this tea, pressed Puer tea leaves are boiled in yak milk. Guests in a Tibetan house will be offered this drink in a small cup, and afterwards they will be served again and again. That's why according to statistics every local resident consumes forty cups of tea on average during the day.