John Myers
Hoʻolauna: ʻEkuadorian Cuisine
ʻIke ʻia ka meaʻai ʻEkuadorian no kāna mau ʻono momona a me nā ʻano like ʻole, i hoʻohuli ʻia e nā moʻomeheu ʻōiwi, Sepania, a me ʻApelika. Hōʻike ʻia ka meaʻai o ka ʻāina e ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu hou a ulu kūloko, e like me ka iʻa, nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu, a me ke kulina. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia nā kīʻaha Ecuadorian me nā condiments a me nā ʻuala, e hoʻohui i ka hohonu a me ka paʻakikī i nā ʻono.
Nā mea ʻala a me nā ʻuala
ʻO nā mea ʻono a me nā ʻuala ʻEkuadorian kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻai o ka ʻāina. Mai ka mea ʻala a hiki i ka ʻono a me ka ʻawaʻawa a hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻonui i ka ʻono o nā kīʻaha. ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻono a me nā ʻuala ʻEkuadorian kaulana loa ʻo ia ka aji, chicha, encebollado, a me ka pepian. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia mau meaʻai mai nā mea ʻai kūloko a kū hoʻokahi i ka meaʻai Ecuadorian.
Aji: ʻO ka naʻau o ka meaʻai ʻEkuadorian
ʻO Aji kahi mea ʻala ʻala ka puʻuwai o ka meaʻai ʻEkuadorian. Hana ʻia ia mai nā pepa wela, nā aniani, ke kāleka, a me ka cilantro. Hiki ke ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻulaʻula paha ka Aji, ma muli o ke ʻano o ka pepa i hoʻohana ʻia. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo ia e like me ka luʻu a lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he topping no nā empanadas, soup, a me nā ʻiʻo i kālua ʻia. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Aji ma ke ʻano he marinade a hoʻohui i kahi ʻono o ka ʻono i kekahi kīʻaha.
ʻO Chicha: ʻO ka mea inu Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai
ʻO Chicha kahi mea inu kulina kū hoʻokahi i kaulana ma ʻEkuador. Hana ʻia ma ka fermentation ʻana i ke kulina me ka wai a me ke kō. Hiki ke ʻono a ʻawaʻawa paha ʻo Chicha, ma muli o ke ʻano o ke kulina i hoʻohana ʻia. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia i mea inu ʻoluʻolu i nā wā ʻahaʻaina a me nā hoʻolauleʻa. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Chicha ma ke ʻano he mea kuke ʻai, e hoʻohui ana i kahi ʻono momona a momona i nā stews a me nā soup.
Encebollado: Ka Sopa I'a Kaulana
He sopa iʻa kaulana ʻo Encebollado i kaulana ma nā kahakai o ʻEkuador. Hana ʻia me ka iʻa, nā aniani, ka yuca, a me ka cilantro. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Encebollado me kahi kīʻaha aji ʻono a ʻoliʻoli pinepine ʻia no ka ʻaina kakahiaka. He kīʻaha puʻuwai a ʻono i kūpono no nā kakahiaka huʻihuʻi.
Pepian: The Versatile Peanut Sauce
ʻO ka Pepian kahi kīʻaha pīkī maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kīʻaha Ecuadorian like ʻole. Hana ʻia ia mai ka pīkī, ke kāleka, nā aniani, a me ka hui ʻana o nā mea ʻala. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka Pepian ma ke ʻano he luʻu no nā mea kanu a lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he topping no nā ʻiʻo i kālua ʻia. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea kuke i loko o nā stews a me nā sopa, e hoʻohui ana i kahi ʻono momona a me ka nutty i ka pā.
I ka hopena, ʻo nā mea ʻono a me nā ʻuala ʻEkuadorian kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka meaʻai o ka ʻāina. Hoʻohui lākou i ka hohonu a me ka paʻakikī i nā kīʻaha a hana ʻia mai nā mea kanu hou a ulu kūloko. Mai ka aji spicy a hiki i ka chicha momona, ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia condiment a me ka miki a hōʻike i nā ʻono like ʻole o ka meaʻai ʻEkuadorian.
