Tsampa

Tsampa
Alternative nameszamba
TypePorridge
Place of originTibet, Mongolia
Main ingredientsFlour (usually barley)

Tsampa or Tsamba (Tibetan: རྩམ་པ་, Wylie: rtsam pa; Chinese: 糌粑; pinyin: zānbā) is a Tibetan and Himalayan staple foodstuff, it is also prominent in parts of northern Nepal. It is a glutinous meal made from roasted flour, usually barley flour and sometimes also wheat flour and flour prepared from tree peony seeds. [1] It is usually mixed with the Tibetan butter tea. It is also eaten in Turkestan and Mongolia, where it is known as zamba.

  1. ^ Chen, WY., Yang, T., Yang, J. et al. Wild plants used by the Lhoba people in Douyu Village, characterized by high mountains and valleys, in southeastern Tibet, China. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 17, 46 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00472-x