Various "Kasai" photography: Ma Jing
With the approaching of the Tibetan New Year, the new year flavor on the streets of Lhasa is getting stronger and stronger, and on Lhasa Lingo North Road, the air has long been wafting with the smell of "Kasai" with a strong ghee smell. The five-colored and fragrant "Kasai" is one of the must-have New Year goods for the Tibetan New Year.
The traditional dish of "Kasai" (Tibetan transliteration) is a Tibetan dim sum that is loved by the Tibetan people because of its fragrant, crisp and delicious taste. Kasai is fried in ghee and tibetan clear oil into a variety of pasta, and the pasta comes in a variety of shapes, and the colors are mostly red, yellow, green, orange, and pink. The five-colored "Kasai" is extremely tempting to people's taste buds, and is full of auspicious meanings, becoming a must-have for Tibetan families for the New Year.
The bustling North Lynkor Road has become a street of "Kasai", and most of the former shops have been temporarily rented to make "Kasai".
Walking into a kasai shop called "Its Beauty", the workers are making the flavorful "Kasai" according to their respective divisions of labor, some are making various styles of dough, or painting it in five colors, and some are frying the well-shaped dough in the pan, and the various colors of "Kasai" are constantly tumbling in the hot oil pan.
"Kasai" in ghee fried photo: Ma Jing
"Kasai" in production Photo: Ma Jing
Boss Pubu said: "There are 37 kinds of self-made 'Kasai' in the store, every year before the First Month of the Tibetan Calendar New Year, we deliberately rent a shop to make 'Kasai', it is not yet in the peak season, can sell more than 200 kilograms per day, 30 yuan per kilogram of 'Kasai', the daily turnover is more than 8,000 yuan, and it is expected that the net income of the rent and workers' wages will be more than 40,000 yuan a month." ”
Pubu customized 3,000 gift boxes printed with the "Qimei" brand in Chengdu this year, and traditional Tibetan ethnic cuisine has gradually become branded. "Visiting relatives and friends carrying a box of 'Kasai' is both emotionally enhancing and economical." Pubu said.
Pubu introduced that according to personal preferences, the oil of fried "Kasai" is made of ghee and Tibetan clear oil, and the "Kasai" fried in ghee oil is heavier than that of Tibetan clear oil.
A customer from Langkazi County, Shannan, next to Yanghu Lake, Tashi Ram bought more than ten catties in one go. She wants to take "Kasai" back to her hometown: "Recently, I often come to their store to buy, the taste is very good, and I will buy more and bring it back to my hometown near the New Year."
(Editor-in-charge: Wang Dong)