Cishe wonke umuntu ujwayelene ne-cocoa, ikakhulukazi lapho eguqulwa ibe yinqaba ye-chocolate ekhethiweyo - kodwa yimuphi ukhokho? Futhi, nakakhulu nakakhulu, yiyiphi i-coacao nib? Ngokusho nje, imigomo yokukhokho ne-cocoa ingacatshangwa ngokungafani.
I-cocao nibs iye yanda kakhulu ekudumeni eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule emkhakheni wamanje wezolimo, futhi ngenxa yesizathu esihle: yizinhlanzi ezinomsoco ezinomsoco ezingeze nje kuphela ukunambitheka okukhulu kwekholethile ekudleni kodwa futhi nokuziqhenya okucashile!
Ungathenga ama-cocoo nibs ku-inthanethi, futhi ayatholakala nakwezokudla eziningi zemvelo nezitolo ezikhethekile. Ngibonile ngisho nasezikhungweni eziningi zokudla ezitolo zase-East Coast. I-cocoo nibs inayo yonke inzuzo yokudla ushokoledi omnyama, ngaphandle kwe-sugar added. Ziphezulu e-fibre, amaprotheni, nama-antioxidants, futhi ziqukethe amakhemikhali kanye nama-lipids afanayo-okwenza umfutho we-chocolate omnyama ukuze uhlale unelisekile.
Ama-cocao nibs aqhutshwa kancane kancane futhi atholakala kubhontshisi we-cocoa noma ukhokho (empeleni imbewu ye-seed) evela esihlahleni seTheobroma (esaziwa nangokuthi i-cocoa noma i-cocoa tree). Abantu bebelokhu bejabulela izinzuzo zokupheka komuthi wekhokho kusukela ngo-1400 kuya ku-1500 BC eMesoamerica. Izinto zokusebenza ezivela kuma-Aztec asendulo zembonisa ukuthi isiphuzo esenziwe ngamabhontshisi e-cocoa sase sidliwe, kodwa sasingafani kakhulu nesiphuzo esiphuzayo se-cocoa esicabanga ngalo namhlanje. Ama-cocao ubhontshisi nawo asetshenziswa njengemali e-Mesoamerica, ngaphambi kokunqotshwa kweSpain eMbusweni wama-Aztec.
I-cocao nibs iyingxenye yenzalo yekhokho, noma ubhontshisi, evunwe, evutshiwe, eyomisiwe, ehlanzwa, eyosiwe, ehlanjululwe, bese isuswa kugobolondo. Lokhu kubangelwa ama-cocoo nibs, okulungele ukujabulela njengokuthi, noma ukuvame ukungena emgodleni obushelelezi owaziwa ngokuthi ushokoledi utshwala esibaluleke kakhulu esibunzini sokwenza ushokoledi.
Ngakho-ke manje ukuthi sazi ukuthi yiyiphi i-cocoo nibs, yini esingayenza nabo?
- Sebenzisa i-cocoa nibs ezinhlobonhlobo zezitsha, kusuka kumnandi kuya kumnandi.
- Engeza i-pizzazz ku-oatmeal yakho ekuseni ngokufaka i-isipuni noma ezimbili ze-cocoa nibs for ukuthungwa texture nokukhushulwa chocolate.
- Beka izipuni ezimbalwa zibe yi-smoothie ye-chocolate ukuze wenze i-chocolaty nakakhulu!
- Dala i-dessert elula ngokukhipha i-1/2 indebe yamashokoledi omnyama omnyama kanye ne-1/4 indebe ibhotela le-peanut - mix in a isipuni of cocoa nibs futhi usakaze phezu mat. Hamba imizuzu engama-20 efrijini ukuze uthole isiphuzo esimnandi!
- I-nibs iyinhlanganisela enkulu ekwenzeni i-trailed trail mix, i-granola, noma idliwe yedwa njengendlela eyanelisayo kwi-candy candy lapho kukhanga isifiso.
- Phakamisa i-sundae yakho oyithandayo noma i-parfait nge-nibs ukuze ubanike amandla wokunondlobala.
- Bafake esitokisini esiphundu se-tomato bese uvumela ukumisa. Uma usuphekwe, uhlanganise nabo ku-blender kuze kube yilapho ubushelelezi futhi usebenzise njenge-pasta noma i-enchilada sauce.