Chogo (chhurpi)

Chogo (chhurpi)

Fig: Chogo (Chhurpi)

Chogoo (or chhurpi) just might be the most rock hard, yet edible, cheese snack in the world.

This dried yak cheese, which is also common throughout Tibet and Nepal in the Himalayas, is the ultimate preservation of cheese, and it’s so hard you have to gnaw on it for hours before it starts to dissolve on your tongue.

It’s the type of snack you eat when you’re walking through the rugged mountains and you need to be chewing on something. You’ll see strands of chogoo hanging like necklaces around markets in Bhutan. Give it a try!