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Tsampa

糌粑zan ba

What it is

Roasted barley flour kneaded with butter tea into small balls by hand, the Tibetan everyday staple.

How to order it

Eaten with butter tea; mix and pinch it into a dough ball with your fingers.

Price band

¥8-15

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糌粑

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