Laping

{{Short description|Tibetan noodle dish}} {{Infobox food | name = Laphing(Excreta) | image = Laphing.jpg | type = Noodle dish | place_of_origin = Tibet }}

'''Laphing''' (Tibetan: ལ་ཕིང, Nepali: लाफिङ ) is a spicy cold plain flour noodle dish in Tibetan cuisine and Nepalese Cuisine basically garnished with tsulazi (chilli oil), soy sauce, vinegar, etc,. It is made of mungbean starch. It is a street food.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan_food.html |title=Tibetan food |work=YoWangdu Experience Tibet: Tibet Travel |access-date=2020-02-23 |archive-date=2017-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629183225/https://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan_food.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} (includes entry on Laphing by Lobsang Wangdu</ref><ref name="Rangan">{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Rangan |title=Visiting Darjeeling for Durga Puja? Here's a local food trail to go on |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/food/tingmo-thaipo-sel-roti-mutton-pachoni-momos-and-more-a-darjeeling-food-trail-for-durga-puja/cid/2053892 |access-date=28 October 2024 |agency=My Kolkata |publisher=The Telegraph |date=7 October 2024}}</ref> It can be eaten with red pepper chili, coriander and green onion sauce. The noodles have a slippery texture and are served with a soy sauce gravy. It is traditionally a summer food. A tool is used to shape it. The laphing derives from the Sichuan-style liangfen,<ref>{{cite web |title=Tibetan Street Food — Laphing Recipe and Video |date=23 March 2024 |url=https://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan-food/laphing.html}}</ref> based on Sichuan-style liangpi.<ref> https://www.bbkz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10462430 这道料理源自四川凉皮</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Tibetan Fast Food Lafing.jpg|Tibetan Fast Food Laphing File:Tibetan Fast Food Square Lafing.jpg|Laphing File:Tibetan Fast food Long Lafing.jpg|Tibetan street food </gallery>

==See also== {{portal|Food}} * Liangpi * Cheungfan * Liangfen * Nokdu-muk

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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwkwx8V5qWI Laphing making] YouTube video by Mark Wiens September 1, 2013 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmHtV2ZEZXA Laphing Tibetan Food: How to make Tibetan-Style Laphing: Cold Mung-Bean Noodles] YouTube video YoWangdu Tibetan Culture

Category:Tibetan noodle dishes Category:Nepalese cuisine Category:Mung bean dishes Category:Mixed noodles