Ajwain: Imbewu yeCarom

Konke Okudingeka Ukwazi Nge-Spice

U-Ajwain, obizwa ngokuthi yi-u- yebo , "inzalo" evame ukusetshenziselwa ukupheka kwamaNdiya. I-Ajwain iyimifino yaminyaka yonke kanye namaqabunga nezitshalo zezitshalo - ngokuvamile ezibizwa ngokuthi imbewu - zisetshenziselwa ukupheka. Imbewu yimibala enemibala ekhazimulayo, i-oval ifakwe futhi ibukeka njengenguqulo encane yezinhlamvu ze- cumin . Ziyisiphunga elimnandi kakhulu, ziphunga njenge-thyme (ngoba iqukethe i-thymol); ukunambitheka kwawo okubabayo, noma kunjalo, kufana ne-oregano ne-anise.

U-Ajwain uyaziwa nangokuthi imbewu ye-carom noma ubhishobhi ukhula.

Ukupheka no-Ajwain

U-Ajwain uthengiswa ngefomu ngoba akuvamile - uma kwenzeka - esetshenziselwa ukupheka e-Indian. Uma udinga ifomu eliyimpuphu, kunconywa ukuthenga imbewu bese uyigaya ekhaya njengoba kudingeka.

Ekuphekeni kwamaNdiya, u-Ajwain uvame ukuba yingxenye ye-tadka esidlweni. I-Tadka, noma i-tempering, iyindlela yokupheka lapho amafutha noma ibhotela (ngokuvamile evame ukugcoba) atshisa kuze kube yilapho kushisa kakhulu futhi kunezinongo ezigcwele futhi ezithosiwe, ekwakheni okuthiwa yi-chaunk. Isetshenziselwa amanani amancane futhi cishe esetshenziswa njalo okuphekwe. Lokhu kungenxa ye-flavour yayo eqinile, ephezulu. Le ingxube kawoyela kanye ne-spice iyabe isetshenziselwa izitsha zelenti, noma yengezwe njengethinta lokugcina noma ihlose esidlweni.

I-Ajwain nayo isetshenziselwa izitsha zemifino (ukunambitheka kwayo okuhlukile) kanye nama-pickle (ngenxa yezimfanelo zayo zokulondoloza). E-Afghanistan, imbewu isetshenziswa lapho ibhaka izinkwa nama-biscuits futhi ifafazwa phezulu.

Ukuphulukisa no-Ajwain

Njenge-coriander, i-cumin kanye ne-fennel, u-Ajwain ungowomndeni wase-Apiaceae wezitshalo. Lapho i-distilled, i-Ajwain ikhiqiza i-thymol. Sekusetshenziswe iminyaka eminingi njengesithako sezokwelapha e-Ayurveda, isimiso semithi yamaHindu esikholelwa ekulinganeni emzimbeni. Nazi ezinye izindlela u-Ajwain angakunciphisa ezinye izifo zempilo.