Chhurpi

Churbi or Sherkam is usually made ​​from yak milk cheese in the diet of Tibetan and Nepalese populations has meaning. Churbi is the term used in Nepal, while in Tibet the name Scherkam is common.

Churbi or Scherkam be obtained from buttermilk. It is boiled, while the denatured protein to the surface increases. It is strained and squeezed the whey. Usual remains a hard dry cheese. He is almost unlimited.

Churbi or Sherkam are methods to preserve yak milk. Due to the extreme climatic conditions and very limited during the winter food supply give Hausyaks only from June to October milk. Yak milk has a high importance in the diet of yakhaltenden populations. The production of hard cheese was uncommon until the late 20th century in Central Asia.