Fasasshen alkama yana nufin nau'in hatsin alkama da aka sarrafa ta wani yanki ta hanyar murƙushe ko yankan ɓangarorin alkama gabaɗaya zuwa ƙanƙanta, a bar ƙwaya mai gina jiki da ƙwayoyin cuta. Samfurin da ake samu a wasu lokuta kuma ana kiransa alkama bulgur, wanda shine sinadari na gama gari a cikin abinci na Gabas ta Tsakiya da Rum. Ana iya amfani da fataccen alkama azaman sinadari mai gina jiki da fiber a cikin jita-jita iri-iri, gami da miya, salati, da kayan gasa.