Chhurpi Soup - The Taste of Care
Hello everyone, You will only found Sikkimese cuisine on this page since the sikkimese food is a rich mixture of Nepalese, Tibetan and native food of Sikkim. Sikkimes cuisine is full of Flavours and is based on rice and maize mainly. It is one of the reasons that most of the dishes made is Sikkimese cuisine have rice and maize in some form or the other. So our first dish is as follows:- #1- Chhurpi Soup Chhurpi soup is a traditional soup of Sikkim and is widely served during many occasions. Chhurpi is a fermented dairy product prepared from cow or yak milk. It is a traditional cottage cheese which gives a texture of a white soft mass with mild sour taste. This fermented dairy product can also be made from whole milk, skimmed milk or butter milk. Chhurpi can be used as a snack and its powder is also used as a condiment in soups. Chhurpi is also used in preparing the chhurpi ka achar which is typically a popular pickle. Every religion of India has its own culture and food habits which i...