Alternative names | Zhero |
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Type | Biscuit, Pastry |
Place of origin | Tibet |
Main ingredients | Flour, butter or oil, sugar |
Khapse (from Tibetan: ཁ་ཟས་), Khapsey or colloquially known as amjok (from Tibetan ཨམ་བྱོག་ (Ear)) is a deep-fried Tibetan biscuit [1] that is traditionally prepared during the Tibetan New Year or Losar. [2] [3] [4] [5] The dough for the khapse is usually made with flour, eggs, butter and sugar [6] and is then shaped into different shapes and sizes. Some are sprinkled with powdered sugar, while other shapes, such as the donkey ear-shaped khapseys, are decorative. [7]
Alternative names | Zhero |
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Type | Biscuit, Pastry |
Place of origin | Tibet |
Main ingredients | Flour, butter or oil, sugar |
Khapse (from Tibetan: ཁ་ཟས་), Khapsey or colloquially known as amjok (from Tibetan ཨམ་བྱོག་ (Ear)) is a deep-fried Tibetan biscuit [1] that is traditionally prepared during the Tibetan New Year or Losar. [2] [3] [4] [5] The dough for the khapse is usually made with flour, eggs, butter and sugar [6] and is then shaped into different shapes and sizes. Some are sprinkled with powdered sugar, while other shapes, such as the donkey ear-shaped khapseys, are decorative. [7]