Ngithanda ukuqala ngokuthi ayikho into ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Indian ngokuvamile" uma kuziwa ekudleni kwezwe. Lesi sizwe sikhulu kakhulu futhi sihlukile ngencazelo enjalo. Nokho, amasiko athile eminyaka adlule anethonya elizuzisayo empilweni sekuyisikhathi eside “agxilile kuyi-DNA” yaseNdiya. Mhlawumbe, amasiko amaningi okupheka e-Indian cuisine abangelwa i-Ayurveda, enye yezinhlelo zokuphulukisa ezindala kakhulu. I-Ayurveda yavela eNdiya eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-5000 edlule. Kuze kube namuhla, iqiniso lokuthi izimiso ze-Ayurvedic zisahlanganiswe empilweni yaseNdiya alilokothi liyeke ukumangala. Imibhalo yasendulo yakhuluma ngezinto zokuphulukisa zemikhiqizo ethile, eyayitholakala eminyakeni eminingi yokuhlangenwe nakho kokubuka. Ulwazi mayelana nalezi zimfanelo zokwelapha lwaludluliselwa kusuka kwesinye isizukulwane kuya kwesinye. Ngakho-ke, izici ezintathu ezihlukile zokudla kwamaNdiya, ezivame kakhulu ezweni lonke: 1. Isethi yezinongo nezinongo iyikhithi encane yosizo lokuqala. Into yokuqala esiyihlanganisa ne-Indian cuisine izinongo. Isinamoni, i-coriander, i-turmeric, upelepele we-cayenne, i-fenugreek, imbewu yefennel, lwesinaphi, i-cumin, i-cardamom… Ngayinye yalezi zinongo inezindawo zokuphulukisa ezihlolwe isikhathi, ngaphezu kwephunga nokunambitha. Izazi zaseNdiya zathi izimangaliso zibangelwa yi-turmeric ekwazi ukwelapha izifo eziningi, kusukela ekushisweni kuya komdlavuza, okuqinisekiswe ucwaningo lwanamuhla. I-Cayenne pepper yaziwa njengesinongo sokuzivikela komzimba esingasiza ezifweni. E-India, kunesiko lokuhlafuna imbewu ye-cardamom noma i-fennel ngemva kokudla. Abagcini nje ngokuvuselela umoya emlonyeni, kodwa futhi bathuthukise ukugaya. 2. Ukudla okusha. UShubra Krishan, umlobi nentatheli yaseNdiya, uyabhala: “Phakathi neminyaka emine ngifunda e-USA, ngahlangana nabantu abengeziwe ababelungiselela ukudla ngeSonto kwesonto elizayo. Ngiyaqonda ukuthi bakwenza ngezizathu ezingokoqobo. Nokho, isiko lethu le-Ayurvedic alikuthandi ukusetshenziswa kokudla “okudala” okuphekwe ngedethi ehlukile. Kukholelwa ukuthi ihora ngalinye ukudla okuphekiwe kulahlekelwa "prana" - amandla abalulekile. Ngokwesimanje, izakhi zilahlekile, ngaphezu kwalokho, isidlo siba siphunga elimnandi futhi esihlwabusayo. Eminyakeni yamuva, emadolobheni amakhulu aseNdiya, aphila ngokuphithizela, isimo siyashintsha. Nokho, omama abaningi bamakhaya bakhetha ukuvuka ekuseni kakhulu balungiselele wonke umkhaya ukudla kwasekuseni okusha, kunokuba bashise kabusha ukudla okusele kosuku lwangaphambilini.” 3. Iningi labantu lingabantu abadla imifino. Ukudla kwemifino akugcini nje ngokufaka zonke izidingo zomzimba zomsoco, kodwa futhi kunciphisa ingozi yokuba nesifo senhliziyo, isifo sikashukela, nezinhlobo ezithile zomdlavuza. Uma sicaphuna ucwaningo olwanyatheliswa i-National Center for Biotechnology Information: “Ubufakazi obukhulayo besayensi bubonisa ukuthi ukudla okuphelele kwemifino kunikeza izinzuzo ezithile phezu kokudla okuhlanganisa nemikhiqizo yezilwane. Lezi zinzuzo zihlotshaniswa nokusetshenziswa kancane kwamafutha agcwele, i-cholesterol, nokudla okuphezulu kwama-carbohydrate ayinkimbinkimbi, i-fiber yokudla, i-magnesium, i-folic acid, amavithamini C no-E, ama-carotenoid, namanye amakhemikhali e-phytochemicals. Kodwa-ke, ngithanda ukuveza ukuthi ukudla kwemifino nakho kungaba nama-kilojoule amaningi uma udla ukudla okuningi okuthosiwe nokunamafutha.
2022-11-11