Nya capse supa yin

The title translates roughly to i made capse (don't quote me on that)! Capse, pronounced cahp- say and spelled ka- se, is fried Tibetan bread that you make for losar, the new year. Creck, ape, elena, I miss you.

Yesterday and today we rolled out dough, cut it up, and made crazy designs. Making capse is so much fun. So much fun that we were late to class. The bread gets fried in a huge vat of oil. It is fab. There are fancy ones for the altar and simpler ones for eating. There are some you make by hand and others where you pour the batter directly into hot oil with a pastry bag. Those look like boardwalk food. The photo above is of Liz and our Tibetan teacher Tasha Sonam rolling dough. The good photos are still on Liz's camera, and I have to wait to jerryrig it onto the blog. (Many Things in India only work if you jerryrig them.)

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