Uyini umami?

Abantu baseNtshonalanga bajwayelene nalezi zinhlobo ezine eziyisisekelo zokunambitheka: okunandi, okumuncu, okusawoti, okubabayo. Kwabanye, umami womami, noma "ukunambitheka kwesihlanu," kungase kube okusha. Abanye bafuna umami, futhi kungenzeka kube nesizathu sezinto eziphilayo. Zombili amniotic uketshezi nobisi lwebele ziphezulu kuma-amino acids anikezela ukunambitheka kuka-umami, okungabangela umuntu ukuba afune le phrofayela ye-flavor kuyo yonke impilo.

Umami Taste

U-Umami uchaza ukudla ngokudla okunomsoco.

Kuye kwachazwa ngokuthi i-broth noma inyama. Ungakwazi ukunambitha umami ekudleni njenge-Parmesan ushizi, ama-seaweed, miso, nama-mushroom, aqukethe izinga eliphezulu le-amino acid, glutamate.

I-Glutamate inezinambitheka eziyinkimbinkimbi, ezenzakalayo. I-US Yokudla Nezidakamizwa Zokulawulwa Kwezidakamizwa ikhethe i-monosodium glutamate (evame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-MSG) njengesithako esiphephile, esibangela izenzakalo ezincane ezimbi nje, njengezinsizwa noma isicanucanu emkhakheni omncane wabathengi.

U-Umami uye wachazwa njengomuntu onobumnene obunomusa kodwa ohlala njalo ohlangene nokusizwa kanye nokuzwela kolimi, ukuvuselela umphimbo, uphahla, nangemuva emlonyeni.

Umlando we-Umami

U-Umami usho ukuthi "ukunambitheka okuthakazelisayo" ngesiJapane. Ukuthandwa kuka-umami kuye kwavela kusukela ngonyaka wama-1980 lapho ucwaningo oluthinta ukunambitheka okuyisisekelo lwesihlanu lwaqala ukwanda.

Ngo-1985, i-Umami International Symposium eyayibanjwe eHawaii inqume umami kwakuyigama lesayensi kulokhu okuyisihlanu.

Ochwepheshe be-symposium bavumelana ukuthi umami uwedwa futhi awuthuthukisi ezinye izinto zokuthanda izinto eziyisisekelo. Ukunquma ukuthi umami uthanda yini, abacwaningi kwakudingeka bakhombise ukuthi umami akhenge akhiqizwe yinoma yikuphi ukuhlanganiswa kokunye okuthandayo. U-Umami watholakala ukuthi uhlukile kwezinye izinto ezithandayo, une-receptor yayo eyamukelekayo, futhi ekugcineni, itholakala emhlabeni wonke ekudleni okuningi.

Ukusetshenziswa kwe-glutamate ekuphekeni kunomlando omude. Ama-sauces enhlanzi ayenziwe, ane-glutamate, asetshenziselwa kakhulu eRoma lasendulo, ama-barley aqoshiwe abhekene ne-glutamate asetshenziselwa ukudla okwenziwa phakathi kwe-Byzantine nase-Arab, futhi ama-sauces ayenziwe ngezinhlanzi nama-soy sauces anemlando ebuyela ekhulwini lesithathu eChina.

Umami Foods

I-umami ukunambitheka ingatholakala kabanzi ekudleni okuningi, ngakho-ke akudingeki ukuba uye esikhwameni sokugcina ukuze ujabulele ukunambitheka kuka-umami. Ukudla okunomzimba we-umami okutholakala esitolo sakho sokudla kuhlanganisa inkukhu, inyama yenkomo, ingulube, kanye utamatisi, ushizi, soy, amazambane kanye ne-izaqathe. Nakuba ukudla okunye, okufana ne-kombu olwandle noma imvubelo, kukhishwa i-Vegemite noma i-Marmite, kungase kube nzima ukuthola ukuthi awunayo imakethe ekhethekile eduze.

Ukuphakama ekudumeni

U-Umami uye wathandwa njengenambitheka nabakhiqizi bokudla abazama ukuthuthukisa ukunambitheka kweminikelo ephansi ye-sodium. Abapheki baphakamisa ukudla kwabo ngokudala "amabhomu omami," okuyizinto ezenziwe izithako eziningana ze-umami njengezinhlanzi zezinhlanzi. Abanye basikisela ukuthi umami angase abe isizathu sokuthandwa kwe-ketchup.

Ukupheka kwe-Umami-Rich

Manje ukuthi u-umami uthinte kakhulu, yi-buzzword ukuthi abadli bafuna ukuzwa.

Kukhona izindawo zokudla ezidlala ukudla kwazo okuthakazelisayo ukuheha labo abanesithakazelo ekuguquguquleleni umami-ukunambitheka kwemisipha yabo. Nawe, ungazama lokhu ukunambitheka kwe-umami ekhaya nge zokupheka ezimbalwa: i- garlic maple portobello burgers kanye ne- jamon serrano bruschetta .