Pafupifupi aliyense amadziwika ndi kakale, makamaka pamene amasandulika chokoleti chosakaniza - koma cacao ndi chiyani? Ndipo, makamaka chofunika kwambiri, kodi nkhono ya cacao ndi yotani? Mwachidule, mawu akuti kocoo ndi kakale akhoza kuganiziridwa mosiyana.
Nkhumba za Cacao zakhala zikukulirakulira pazaka zingapo zapitazi m'mapiri amakono, ndipo chifukwa chabwino: ndi zakudya zokoma zokoma zomwe zimangowonjezera chokoleti chokoma kwambiri ku zakudya komanso kuphwanya kwachinsinsi!
Mungathe kugula nsomba za cacao pa intaneti, ndipo zimapezekanso ku zakudya zambiri zakuthupi ndi masitolo apadera. Ndinawawonanso iwo m'masitolo ambiri a misonkho ku East Coast. Nkhumba za Cacao zili ndi phindu lonse la kudya chokoleti chamdima, popanda shuga. Amakhala ndi mitsempha yambiri, mapuloteni, ndi antioxidants, ndipo ali ndi mankhwala omwe amachititsa kuti thupi likhale ndi ma lipids omwe amapanga chokoleti cha mdima kuti chikhale chokhutiritsa.
Nkhumba za Cacao zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pang'ono ndipo zimachokera ku kakale kapena nyemba za nyemba (makamaka mbewu yambewu) yomwe imachokera ku mtengo wa Theobroma (womwe umadziwika kuti cacao kapena kakao). Anthu akhala akusangalala ndi zokolola za cacao kuyambira 1400 mpaka 1500 BC ku Mesoamerica. Zojambula zochokera ku Aaztec akale zimasonyeza kuti chakumwa chochokera ku nyemba za kakale chinali chitatha, koma chinali chosiyana kwambiri ndi chakumwa cha kocoa chomwe timaganiza lero. Nyemba za Cacao zinagwiritsidwanso ntchito monga ndalama kudutsa Mesoamerica, isanayambe kupambana kwa Spain ku ufumu wa Aztec.
Nkhumba za Cacao zimangokhala mbali ya mbewu ya cacao, kapena nyemba, zomwe zakololedwa, zofufumidwa, zouma, zoyera, zokazinga, zowonongeka, ndizochotsedwa ku chipolopolocho. Izi zimayambitsa nkhono za cacao, zomwe zimakhala zosangalatsa monga momwe ziliri, kapena nthawi zambiri zimakhala zosalala zomwe zimatchedwa chokoleti chakumwa chofunikira kwambiri mu chokoleti.
Kotero tsopano kuti tidziwe kuti nkhumba za koco ndi ziti, tingachite nawo chiyani?
- Gwiritsani ntchito nkhono za cacao mu zakudya zosiyanasiyana, kuchokera ku zokoma mpaka zosangalatsa.
- Onjezani pizzazz m'mawa anu oatmeal mwa kuwonjezera supuni ya tiyi kapena awiri a cocoa nibs kuti mugwiritse ntchito zokondweretsa komanso chokoleti.
- Ikani masupuni ochepa mu chokoleti smoothie kuti mupange chocolaty!
- Pangani mchere wosavuta mwa kusungunula chikho cha 1/2 chida chokoleti chofiira pamodzi ndi 1/4 chikho supuni ya batala - sakanizani supuni ya supuni ya kakao ndikufalikira pa silicone mat. Dulani kwa mphindi 20 mufiriji kuti muwathandize.
- Mbes ndizowonjezeranso kuzing'onong'onong'onongeka, granola, kapena kudyedwa nokha ngati njira yokhutiritsa ndi maswiti a chocolate pamene chilakolako chikugwera.
- Pezani sundae wokonda kwambiri kapena parfait ndi nibs kuti muwapatse chakudya chokwanira.
- Onetsetsani mu phwetekere zokoma zochokera msuzi ndi kulola kuti simmer. Kamodzi kophika, kanizani mu blender mpaka yosalala ndi kugwiritsa ntchito ngati pasta kapena enchilada msuzi.