As an authentic northerner, Raiders really can’t live without noodles for a day. For example, blooming buns, warm noodles, Beierxiang dumplings, and thin-skinned buns are my favorites. , Not to mention it's delicious, I'm hungry. There are also some southern friends around who prefer soft and waxy rice to noodles. This different eating habit has a lot to do with the different regions we live in. For Tibetans, rice and noodles are not the first choice. Here, a kind of food called "Zanba" is the favorite of Tibetans, and they cannot do without it for three meals a day.
In the past where nomadic herders were mainly nomads, herders were born out of water and weeds, and the place of residence was not fixed. When it was inconvenient to light a fire and cook, Zampa became the main food of the Tibetan nomads. It is not only rich in nutrients but high in calories. It is very suitable for alleviating hunger and cold, and it is also easy to carry and store. When you go out, you only need to carry a wooden bowl and tie a tsampa pocket around your waist. When you don’t have a wooden bowl, pour the tsampa into your pocket, add some butter tea, and pinch it through the bag for a while, the fragrant tsampa is easy It's made~
Many foreigners just came to Tibet, maybe because of the smell of ghee, they don't like tsampa too much, but as long as they get used to it, tsampa will chew more fragrant and taste delicious. There are some interesting stories about Zanba. One is that in the 7th century AD, the King of Tibet often led soldiers in wars. However, because of the continuous snow-capped mountains, the sparsely populated area, and the inconvenient transportation, it became very difficult to feed the army. When the king of Tibet was worried day and night about this predicament, King Gesar's spirit in the sky gave the king a dream-to stir-fry highland barley into wheat, which is easy to carry and easy to store. When the king of Tibet woke up, he suddenly realized that he immediately ordered his subordinates to burn the pot and grind the wheat to raise rations. This kind of highland barley fried wheat fragrant, filled with hunger, and was loved by soldiers and Tibetans, so its processing methods quickly spread throughout the snowy plateau.
Another one is related to the Zanba Festival in Qinghai-
The Zanba Festival here is a purely folk farming and folk activities. People prepared several bags of Zanba powder in advance. After the festival was announced, people were excited. The tsampa powder in the hands was waving and playing with each other, and it was covered with tsampa noodles while laughing and playing, not to mention how lively it was!
Now that our living standards are getting higher and higher, more and more Tibetan delicacies are appearing in the public eye. Zanba is no longer the only choice for people, but even so, Zanba still occupies the main position of Tibetan specialties , If you come to Tibet, if you don’t taste the authentic tsampa taste, tasting a delicious butter tea will always make the journey more shortcomings, so don’t hesitate, come to Tibet in winter, there are few people and beautiful scenery. It is also a good choice to try delicious Tibetan food~
