Kama (court)
Kama (Estonian) or talkkuna (Finnish) (derived from the Russian for Tolokno) is a mixture of roasted barley , rye , oat , pea and bean flour . The mix varies depending on the location. Sometimes the oat flour is completely replaced by wheat flour or the flour from black beans is part of this mixture.
Kama is a typical ingredient in Finnish or Estonian cuisine . Nowadays it is used for some desserts. In Estonia it is usually enjoyed for breakfast mixed with milk , buttermilk or kefir as a porridge, often with sugar, less often with fruit or honey, sweetened or spiced with a little pepper. It is also used for dairy or cream desserts, along with the forest berries typical of Finland and Estonia.
In northern Russia , a food similar to kama is called tolokno (oatmeal). It is a common food in large parts of the Karelia , Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions and others.
literature
- Wilʹiam Wasilʹevich Pochljobkin: National cuisines. The culinary art of the Soviet peoples . 2nd edition, Mir, Moscow / Verlag für die Frau , Leipzig 1988, p. 220, ISBN 3-7304-0053-3 .