John Myers
Introduction: The Origin of Roti and Curry in Guyanese Cuisine
ʻO Roti a me curry ʻelua o nā kīʻaha kaulana loa i ka meaʻai Guyanese. ʻO Roti kahi ʻano palaoa pālahalaha i hoʻomaka ʻia ma India a lawe ʻia i Guyana e nā limahana India i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā o ka noho aliʻi ʻana o Pelekane. ʻO Curry, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he mea ʻala a ʻala ʻala i hana ʻia me nā ʻano ʻiʻo a me nā mea kanu like ʻole a loaʻa kona aʻa i ka meaʻai ʻAsia Hema.
I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua lilo ka hui ʻana o ka roti a me ka curry ma nā wahi āpau i ka meaʻai Guyanese. I kēia lā, ua manaʻo ʻia he kīʻaha nui i makemake ʻia e nā poʻe mai nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe hoʻolauleʻa Guyanese a i ʻole hanana i pau me ka ʻole o kahi ʻano roti a curry ma ka papa kuhikuhi.
ʻO ka hui maikaʻi loa: pehea e hoʻokō ai ʻo Roti a me Curry kekahi i kekahi
ʻO ke kumu o ka roti a me ka curry i hui pū ʻia i ka meaʻai Guyanese no ka mea hoʻohui maikaʻi kekahi i kekahi. ʻO ka Roti kahi berena kūʻokoʻa a maʻa iki i kūpono no ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka ʻalani curry ʻono. He maikaʻi nō hoʻi ka berena no ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a me nā mea kanu i loko o ka curry.
ʻO Curry, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he kīʻaha paʻakikī i hana ʻia me ka nui o nā mea ʻala a me nā mea ʻala. Hoʻohui maikaʻi ʻia kona ʻano ʻono a me ka ʻono me ka ʻono ʻoluʻolu a ʻono iki o ka roti. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā mea ʻelua e hana i kahi kīʻaha e ʻoluʻolu a ʻono.
Nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā hoʻololi: ʻO nā ala like ʻole e lawelawe ʻia ai ʻo Roti a me Curry ma Guiana
ʻOiai ʻo ka roti a me ka curry kahi kīʻaha nui i ka meaʻai Guyanese, he nui nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā hoʻololi ʻana o ka pā. ʻO kekahi ʻano hoʻololi kaulana ʻo dhal puri, ʻo ia kahi ʻano roti i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā pī a me nā mea ʻala. ʻO kekahi ʻano ʻano kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ka moa curry, i hana ʻia me nā ʻāpana moa ʻoluʻolu i hoʻomoʻa ʻia i loko o ka ʻalani curry ʻala.
Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau ʻano like ʻole, nui nā ʻano like ʻole e lawelawe ʻia ai ka roti a me ka curry ma Guiana. Makemake kekahi poʻe e ʻai pū i kā lākou roti a me ka curry, a makemake kekahi e ʻai kaʻawale. Makemake kekahi i kā lākou curry i mānoanoa a me ka puʻuwai, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe makemake ia e ʻoi aku ka sopa. ʻO nā ʻano like ʻole a i ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana, hoʻokahi mea maopopo: ʻo ka roti a me ka curry e lilo mau i mea aloha a koʻikoʻi o ka meaʻai Guyanese.
