How much cooking time?

40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.

Thukpa Arunachali

Name: Thukpa Arunachali
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Arunachal Pradesh Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 250g wheat noodles; salt; 500g Mutton; 2tbsp oil; 1tsp Cumin Seeds

Thukpa is a warming Tibetan-origin noodle soup popular in Tawang and West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh. Wheat noodles are simmered in a spiced mutton broth with cumin and finished with fresh coriander, making a complete one-bowl meal for cold weather.

Time 40 min · Serves 5 · 443 kcal · Tawang/West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

wheat noodles — 250 g (whole)
salt (optional) (whole)
Mutton — 500 g (chopped)

Tempering

oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Cumin Seeds — 1 tsp (whole)

Method

Wash the mutton. Heat oil in a pot, add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
Add the mutton and saute on high heat until lightly browned and sealed.
Pour in plenty of water, season with salt, cover and simmer until the mutton is tender and a flavourful broth forms.
Meanwhile boil the wheat noodles separately until just done, drain and set aside.
Divide the noodles into bowls, ladle the hot mutton broth over them, garnish with fresh coriander and serve piping hot.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Thukpa Arunachali?: 443 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.

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