Tibetan-Style Curry Beef 藏式咖喱牛肉

Tibetan-Style Curry Beef (藏式咖喱牛肉) appears as curry rice in a 2015 China Tibet News report from Lhasa (拉萨). Reporter Zhao Fengli (赵凤丽) visited Wangla Baimu’s (旺拉白姆) meat-and-rice shop on Barkhor East Street (八廓东街), where curry beef rice was a noted dish.

Yak and curry seasonings

The owner identified the meat as sliced yak and named curry powder, turmeric and masala as its seasonings. She said she had developed the preparation herself rather than learning it elsewhere.

Masala in Tibetan cooking

Following her directions, the reporter found stalls selling masala in Chongsaikang (冲赛康). China Tibet News identifies it as an Indian seasoning already used in Tibetan cooking and an integral ingredient of the curry rice.