Kinema
Sign in to saveKinema () (Limbu: , Kinaamba in Limbu) is a fermented soybean food, originated among the Limbu people and now prepared by the Kirat people of the Eastern Himalayas region: Eastern Nepal, and Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim regions of India. Kinema, also known as kinama, is a traditional food of the Limbu people.
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Key facts
- Food.name
- Kinema
- Food.image
- File:Original Kinema-nepal.jpg
- Food.caption
- Kinema on a traditional leaf wrapping
- Food.alternate_name
- Kinemba, chembihik, hokuma, goyang, ghogima
- Food.country
- Limbuwan ( ᤕᤠᤀᤷᤓᤢᤅ ᤗᤠᤈᤣ ) present-day Eastern Nepal
- Food.region
- India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong)
- Food.main_ingredient
- Soybean fermented by Bacillus subtilis
- Food.variations
- Soup, achar
- Food.type
- Fermented food
- Food.name_lang
- ne
- Food.similar_dish
- Other fermented products
- Nutritional value.name
- Kinema
- Nutritional value.kJ
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- food
- Subclass of
- fermented food
- Country
- Nepal
- Country of origin
- Nepal
- Image
- Original Kinema-nepal.jpg
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Kinema () (Limbu: , Kinaamba in Limbu) is a fermented soybean food, originated among the Limbu people and now prepared by the Kirat people of the Eastern Himalayas region: Eastern Nepal, and Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim regions of India. Kinema, also known as kinama, is a traditional food of the Limbu people.
== History == The word kinema is believed to be derived from the Limbu language , where means fermented and means to smell. It is a traditional food of the Limbu people.