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Tsampa: The Tibetan Cereal That Helped Spark An Uprising

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A bowl of tsampa flour pictured with other dishes in a typical Tibetan lunch. Counterclockwise from left: potatoes in turmeric and cumin; liangfen; mung bean jelly and spring onions with cilantro, triple-fried in red chili pepper; and black tea. To make <em>pa</em>, the tsampa would be mixed with butter, tea, salt and sometimes Tibetan cheese.

This roasted barley flour has been a Tibetan staple for centuries. When China annexed Tibet in the 1950s, tsampa became a rallying point for the resistance. But will it catch on in America?

(Image credit: Courtesy of Tsering Shakya)


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