Thukpa Recipe

Serves 4, Time Taken 1 hr

Ingredients

½ kg chopped Meat with bones and fat (Chicken or Mutton or Pork) for soup

½ kg chopped boneless Meat (Chicken or Mutton or Pork)

For vegetarian instead of meat, they can use fried mushroom and vegetable soup (carrot, cabbage, beans, spring onions).

400 gm Noodles

2 finely sliced Capsicums (Shimla Mirch)

2 finely chopped Onions (Pyaaz)

2 chopped Tomatoes (Tamatar)

1 ½ cups chopped Beans

1 bunch finely chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania)

3 finely chopped Green Chilies

1 inch finely chopped Ginger (Adarak)  

4 cloves finely chopped Garlic (Adarak)

2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder (Haldi)

2 teaspoon Cumin Powder (Jeera)

2 teaspoon Chicken Masala

1 teaspoon Red Chili Powder  

Salt as per taste

Refined Oil

Soya Sauce

Vinegar

Water

How to make Thukpa

Step 1

Boil water in a pan and cook noodles in it till it becomes tender. Drain out the water and set aside the boiled noodles.

Step 2

Add boneless meat in a bowl and mix it with 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon cumin powder, 1 teaspoon chicken masala, 1 teaspoon red chili powder and salt. Let it marinate for 20 minutes.

Step 3

Heat oil in a pan and fry the marinated meat till they turn a golden color and are properly cooked. Set aside the fried meat.

Step 4

For the soup take a cooker and add meat (that’s for the soup), water (as required), chopped green chilies, turmeric powder, cumin powder, chicken masala, salt, chopped beans, chopped coriander leaves, chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, chopped ginger and chopped garlic. Pressure cook the mixture for 10 whistles.

Step 5

Once the pressure is released from the cooker open the lid and add chopped capsicum in the soup and simmer it till capsicums are tender.

Step 6

In big soup bowls divide the noodles. Add the fried meat and then the soup with vegetables.

Provide vinegar, soya sauce and salt for taste.

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