Maphikidwe ndi Mapiko
Mmodzi mwa anthu otchuka komanso omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi zakudya zam'madzi ku Middle East ndi chickpea. Nkhuku zimatchedwanso nyemba za garbanzo m'Chisipanishi zophika komanso nyembazi ku Italy.
Mbiri ya Chickpea
Chickpea inayamba ku Middle East zaka pafupifupi 7500 zapitazo. Anayamba kulima pafupifupi 3000 BC ndipo anali wotchuka pakati pa Aroma, Agiriki, ndi Aigupto akale. Kuyambira m'zaka za m'ma 1600, chickpea idabweretsedwa ku madera ena a dziko lapansi ndi ofufuza a ku Spain.
Masiku ano, nkhuku zimapezeka m'madera onse a dziko lapansi, makamaka kumpoto kwa Africa, Spain, ndi India, kumene chickpea ndizofunikira kwambiri ku India.
Mitundu ya Chickpeas
Pali mitundu iwiri ya nkhuku: desi ndi kabuli. Desi ili ndi mbewu zing'onozing'ono, zakuda ndipo zili ndi zovala zambiri. Kabuli ndi nyemba yayikulu, yowala kwambiri ndi chovala choyera.
Nkhuku zimabwera ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana - Chobiriwira, chakuda, chofiirira ndi chofiira, ngakhale mtundu wotchuka kwambiri komanso wodziwika ndi beige. Iwo ali ndi maonekedwe a maonekedwe ndi nutty kukoma.
Ubwino Wathanzi wa Chickpeas
Pali zakudya zambiri zogulira thanzi. Mapuloteni awo apamwamba ndi abwino kwa iwo omwe akufuna kuika nyama yofiira mu zakudya zawo. Chickpeas amakhalanso ndi mitsempha yambiri ndipo amathandiza kuchepetsa mafuta m'thupi.
Kugula Chickpeas
Nkhuku zingagulidwe zonse zouma kapena zamzitini, zimapezeka chaka chonse, ndipo zimakhala zosavuta kusunga. Ngati akukhudzidwa ndi zakudya zowonjezera pakati pa nkhuku zouma komanso zam'chitini, mosiyana ndi masamba ambiri amchere, nkhuku sizimataya zakudya zina zilizonse zamzitini, kotero kusankha kwa zouma kapena zamzitini ndi kwa wogula.
Nkhuku zouma ndipo zitha kugulidwa kale mabokosi kapena mu dera lambiri la supermarket yanu. Ngati kugula zouma, fufuzani nyemba kuti muonetsetse kuti zasungidwa mu chidebe chophimba, zonse, zopanda chilema, ndipo zisawonongeke.
Nkhuku zouma zikhoza kusungidwa mu chidebe chotsitsimutsa pamalo ozizira, amdima kwa khitchini yanu kwa miyezi 12.
Nthawi zina nkhuku zophikidwa, zimatha kusungidwa mu chidebe chotsitsimula m'mfiriji kwa masiku atatu.
Kuphika ndi Chikupu
Masiku ano, nkhuku zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu maphikidwe osiyanasiyana osiyanasiyana. Mwa iwo okha, angagwiritsidwe ntchito mu saladi, soups kapena stews, kapena ngati mofulumira. Ku India, kumene chickpea imadziwika kuti "chana", chiwerengero chachikulu cha maphikidwe chimachokera ku chickpea. Chickpea ndizofunikira kwambiri pa mbale zambiri za ku Middle East , monga falafel, kumene zimakhala pansi ndikupangika mipira, ndi hummus, kumene yophika, nthaka ndikumangirira.