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{{Short description|Very common noodle soup in Tibetan cuisine}}
{{Infobox food
| name            = Thenthuk
| image           = Thukpa, Tibetan noodle in Osaka, Japan.jpg
| image_size      = 250px
| caption         = Thukpa - noodle soup of which thentuk is a type
| alternate_name  =
| country         = [[Amdo]], [[Tibet]]
| region          = [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Qinghai]], [[Sichuan]]
| creator         = [[Tibetan people]]
| course          =
| type            = [[Noodle soup]]
| served          =
| main_ingredient = [[Wheat flour]], [[vegetable]]s, [[meat]] ([[Lamb and mutton|mutton]] or [[yak]])
| variations      =
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}}

[[File:TibetanFood.JPG|thumb|Tibetan meal (clockwise from top) [[tingmo]] steamed bread, thenthuk noodle soup, [[Momo (dumpling)|momos]] in soup and vegetable gravy, with condiments in center]]

'''Thenthuk''' ({{bo|t=འཐེན་ཐུག་|w=then thug}}) or hand-pulled noodle soup ([[thukpa]]), is a very common [[noodle soup]] in [[Tibetan cuisine]], especially in [[Amdo]], [[Tibet]]<ref name=tricycle>{{cite web|url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/tibetan-food/ |title=Celebrating the Tibetan New Year with Momos and More |last=Dorjee |first=Tenzin |date=5 February 2019 |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=nuns>{{cite web|url=https://tnp.org/recipe-for-tibetan-noodle-soup-thenthuk/ |title=Recipe for Tibetan Noodle Soup, Thenthuk |website=Tibetan Nuns Project |date=10 December 2018|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> where it is served as dinner and sometimes lunch. The main ingredients are wheat flour [[dough]], mixed [[vegetable]]s and some pieces of [[Lamb and mutton|mutton]] or yak meat.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite web|url=https://food.ndtv.com/opinions/the-tale-of-thukpa-what-lends-flavour-to-this-comforting-noodle-soup-1277458 |title=The Tale of Thukpa: What Lends Flavour to this Comforting Noodle Soup? |last=Hauzel |first=Hoihnu |website=NDTV |date=16 February 2016 |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> Vegetable thenthuk is a common modern-day option too.

==Preparation==
Making the soup consists of mixing the flour, kneading the dough, chopping the vegetables and meat and [[boiling]] the soup.

The cook starts working with the dough when everything boiling in the soup is well cooked. They shape the dough, flatten it, pull it and cut it off, right into the boiling soup. As soon as this is finished, the noodle soup is ready to cool down and be served.

==Nepalese thukpa==
The [[Nepal]]ese version of thukpa ({{langx|ne|थुक्पा}}) contains chili powder, masalas, and noodles with gram and pea soup which gives it a hot and spicy flavor. The most typical Nepali thukpa is found in [[Sankhuwasabha]] district. However, the thukpa found in [[Kathmandu Valley]] is the same as that found in Tibet due to immigrant Tibetan refugees.

==See also==
* [[List of soups]]
* [[List of Tibetan dishes]]

==References==
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[[Category:Tibetan cuisine]]
[[Category:Nepalese cuisine]]
[[Category:Noodle soups]]


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