Ungase uzibuze ukuthi kungani i-curry yaseThekwini ibizwa ngokuthi i-Durban curry nokuthi kungani kubaluleke kangaka. Impendulo ilula. Kucatshangwa abaningi abanomdlavuza wokuthi ama-curries amahle kakhulu emhlabeni wonke avela edolobheni laseThekwini, esifundazweni saseNingizimu Afrika saKwaZulu Natali. ITheku ngokwayo inomlando othakazelisayo, njengaseNingizimu Afrika yonke. Ngiyakhumbula lapho ngiqala ukufika eThekwini ngivakashele eminyakeni engaba ngu-6 edlule.
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Ngakho-ke akumangalisi ukuthi izitsha eziningi ezithandwayo ezivela eThekwini zinezandla ezihlukene zamaNdiya kubo, futhi ama-curries akufanele akhunjelwe. Kodwa yini ehlukanisa i-curry yaseThekwini kunoma iyiphi enye i-curry? Lo ngumbuzo omuhle nokuthi yini engingayiphetha yilokhu okulandelayo:
1. Ukushisa
I-curries yaseThekwini kuthiwa iyashisa kunamanye ama-curries futhi izovame ukufaka ukusetshenziswa kwamaphilisi e-cayenne ashisayo nesiphunga, noma i-spice eshisayo kakhulu eyaziwa ngokuthi i-curry masala, ehluke esitolo esithenge i-curry powder.
2. Umbala Obomvu
Ukusetshenziswa kwamatamatisi, utamatisi we-puree noma ukugxila kwi-curries yaseThekwini yisinye isici esisihlukanisa. Lokhu kuzovame ukuphumela kumbala wayo obomvu omuhle. Abanye abantu bakhetha ukungeza i-paprika endlebeni, noma ngabe banamathele ama-tomotoes, awukwazi ukuhamba kahle.
3. izinongo ezinhle
Ngokuvamile uzothola ukusetshenziswa kwe-garam masala e-curries eThekwini kuthandwa kakhulu. Kodwa izinongo ezinomsoqobo ozama ukuzithola zingama-sinamoni, i-cardamom noma ama-clove, noma inhlanganisela yazo zonke izinongo ezintathu. Kepha mina, ngithanda ukusebenzisa izintambo zika-cinnamon lonke njengoba unikeza lokho okuthinta ubumnandi kanye ne-touch rustic kwisitsha.
Ngibuye ngithole ukuthi ngivame ukusebenzisa inhlanganisela ehlukene yalezi zinongo ezintathu ezimnandi kuye ngokuthi ngiyiphi inyama yenyama engiyisebenzisayo. Isibonelo, nginamandla okusebenzisa ama-clove emakhanini noma imbuzi (i-mutton) curry njengoba ngikholelwa ukuthi lezi zithako zenzelwe omunye nomunye.
4. Amahlamvu e-curry
Ngeke uthole i-Durban curry iresiphi engakafaki amaqabunga e-curry esitsheni, mhlawumbe ngokufaka amaqabunga aphelele, noma ukuwafaka kanye namanye ama-masala ama-curry uma udala umxube we-spice owenziwe ekhaya.
Ngakho-ke ungakwazi ukufeza ukudala i-curry yaseThekwini ngezinhlanganisela eziningi ze-spice njengoba uyazijabulisa, kodwa uma nje unezici ezingenhla ezine ezifakwe ngaphakathi kweresiphi yakho, uzokufeza okuthile eduze kwe-Curry yaseThekwini.