As 2014 Losar approaches, fried Tibetan doughnut becomes a heat at the food department in supermarkets in Lhasa. As a ritual New Year dessert, it remains a loving pet for both sellers and buyers.

Fried Tibetan doughnuts sugar-coated in different colors

Fried Tibetan doughnut, known as "Kasai" in Tibetan, is a traditional Tibetan dessert made of flour and butter. Fried in a pot, bite-sized flour and butter doughs transform into doughnuts of ear shape, butterfly shape, strip shape, square shape, round shape, etc., following which they are coated with sugar and later decorated with edible pigment. Adorned as such, they make both presentable artifacts on the credence table and one of the favorite desserts on a holiday feast table with friends and families.

Bite-sized flour and butter doughs are fried  

Fried Tibetan doughnuts are sold in Barkhor Street on Feb 10  

Consumers in Lhasa are shopping for fried Tibetan doughnuts  

The butter fluid is being boiled  

Fried Tibetan doughnuts in different shapes