Kuvelaphi?
I-Quinoa isanda kungena ekudleni kwaseYurophu, kodwa leli siko laliyisithako esiyinhloko ekudleni kwe-Inca iminyaka engu-5000. I-Quinoa yakhula e-Andes, ezindaweni zanamuhla zaseBolivia nasePeru. Lesi sitshalo satshalwa impucuko yangaphambi kweColumbian kwaze kwaba yilapho abaseSpain befika emazweni aseMelika futhi esikhundleni saso bafaka okusanhlamvu.
Ukucabangela ukuziphatha
Ngenxa yokukhula kokusetshenziswa kwe-quinoa emazweni aseNtshonalanga, intengo ye-quinoa inyuke kakhulu. Ngenxa yalokho, abantu base-Andean ababekhula futhi bedla i-quinoa ngokwesiko manje abakwazi ukuyikhokhela, okushiya abantu bendawo bedla ezinye izindlela ezishibhile neziyingozi kakhulu. Kulabo abangafuni ukwenza le nkinga ibe yimbi kakhulu, kungcono ukuthenga i-quinoa etshalwe e-UK nakwamanye amazwe.
Inani lokudla okunempilo
Ukuthandwa kwe-quinoa phakathi kwabadla imifino kungenxa yokuqukethwe kwayo kwamaprotheni amaningi. I-quinoa iqukethe amaprotheni erayisi nebhali kabili kabili futhi iwumthombo omuhle we-calcium, i-magnesium, i-manganese, amavithamini B amaningana, uvithamini E, kanye ne-fibre yokudla, kanye namanani aphezulu e-phytonutrients elwa nokuvuvukala, awusizo ekuvimbeleni izifo kanye ukwelashwa. Uma kuqhathaniswa nezinhlamvu ezivamile, i-quinoa iphezulu kumafutha e-monounsaturated futhi iphansi ku-omega-3s. I-UN isimemezele unyaka ka-2013 njengoNyaka Womhlaba Wonke we-Quinoa ngokuqaphela okuqukethwe okuphezulu kwezakhi zalesi sitshalo.
Izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-quinoa
Kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-120 zequinoa sezizonke, kodwa izinhlobo ezintathu ezisetshenziswa kabanzi kwezentengiso: ezimhlophe, ezibomvu, nezimnyama. Phakathi kwabo, i-quinoa emhlophe ivame kakhulu, ilungele abathandi bokuqala balesi siko. Izinhlobonhlobo zequinoa ebomvu nemnyama ngokuvamile zisetshenziselwa ukwengeza umbala ne-flavour esitsheni.
Ingabe udinga ukugeza i-quinoa?
I-Quinoa inokunambitheka okubabayo uma ishiywe ingageziwe. I-Saponin iyinto engokwemvelo etholakala phezu kwequinoa eyinikeza ukunambitheka okunensipho nokumunyu. Ngakho-ke, i-quinoa inconywa ukuba igezwe. Lokhu kuzophinde kuvimbele ukunamathelana ngesikhathi sokupheka, futhi kunikeze ubhontshisi ukuthungwa okuhle.
Ungapheka kanjani?
Imvamisa isetshenziswa njengesitsha esiseceleni, i-quinoa ibuye isengezo esihle kusitshulu, ama-pastas, noma amasaladi.
Umthetho oyisisekelo wesithupha ukusebenzisa inkomishi engu-1 yamanzi ku-2 inkomishi ye-quinoa. Ukupheka kuthatha cishe imizuzu engama-20. Inkomishi eyodwa ye-quinoa eyomile yenza izinkomishi ezingaba ngu-3 ze-quinoa ephekiwe.
I-Quinoa igcinwa kangcono esitsheni esingangeni moya, endaweni epholile neyomile. Ngaphansi kwezimo ezifanele zokugcina, i-quinoa ingagcinwa izinyanga ezimbalwa.