Yak cheese and butter being sold at Thimphu in Bhutan

From the archive record

Fresh yak cheese and butter being sold at an open market in Thimphu, Bhutan. Found mostly in the Himalayan regions of Sikkim, West Bengal and Bhutan, chhurpi is not just another candy or lozenge, it’s a way of life. All along the streets of these places, you can spot numerous shops selling garlands of what look like hardened cheese cubes brown or white in colour. The brown ones are bland and the white ones are sweet in taste. These cheese cubes can be a little tricky for the first timers but once you start biting into it you gradually start falling for the taste. Well, there’s another Chhurpi that you will mostly see in the local produce markets of these regions. This variety is the softer version of the same Chhurpi with a tangy taste. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage a