Ladakhi chhutagi

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Not known yet We don’t yet have a photo we can use, a written story or a recipe for Ladakhi chhutagi. What we do have is below, with its sources.

Range

From Ladakh, Zanskar.

Pin · Zanskar (Padum) · city

How sure we are

Well established. An archaeological find or a primary source backs it.

We list 4 sources: 4 primary or archaeological. How grading works.

First record Jäschke, Tibetan-English Dictionary, 1881: "cu-ta-gir", Ladakh, boiled flour-dumplings (A); first found

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A Tibetan-English Dictionary, with special reference to the prevailing dialects (entry chu)
Archaeological or primary source · H. A. Jäschke; London, published at the charge of the Secretary of State for India · 1881
Under chu (water): '*cu-ta-gir* W. flour-dumplings, boiled in water.' (W. = Western Tibet dialects.)
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A Tibetan-English Dictionary (entry ta-gir)
Archaeological or primary source · H. A. Jäschke; London · 1881
Under ta-gir: 'W. bread, esp. the flat bread-cakes of India, commonly called chapatee; *cu-ta-gir* Ld. boiled flour-dumplings; *t'ul-ta-gir* pancakes.' (Ld. = Ladakh.)
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A Tibetan-English Dictionary (entry 'tshod-pa)
Archaeological or primary source · H. A. Jäschke; London · 1881
Under 'tshod-pa (to cook in boiling water): '*cu-tsos* W. water-boiled, dumplings, = *cu-ta-gir*.'
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A Tibetan-English Dictionary with Sanskrit Synonyms (entry ta-gir)
Archaeological or primary source · Sarat Chandra Das; Calcutta · 1902
Das repeats ta-gir as 'in W. bread; esp. the flat...' (the dumpling compound was not found in the OCR of Das).

Found by research in October 2026; awaiting editorial review.

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