Introduction: He alakaʻi i ka ʻai Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo

ʻIke ʻia ka meaʻai Mekiko no kāna mau ʻono wiwo ʻole, nā mea ʻala momona, a me nā kala ʻulaʻula. He meaʻai like ʻole ia i hoʻopili ʻia e ka mōʻaukala kūʻokoʻa o ka ʻāina, a me nā ʻāpana like ʻole a me nā moʻomeheu i loko o Mexico. Ua kaulana ka meaʻai Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, me ka poʻe hauʻoli meaʻai e ʻimi nei i nā meaʻai hou a hoihoi e hoʻāʻo. Ma kēia alakaʻi, e ʻimi mākou i ka mōʻaukala, nā mea ʻai, a me nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻāina o ka meaʻai Mekiko, a me kekahi mau kīʻaha kuʻuna a me nā mea ʻono.

He Moʻolelo Pōkole no nā Kuʻuna Kuʻuna Mekiko

He moʻolelo waiwai a ʻano like ʻole ka meaʻai Mekiko i nā kaukani makahiki. ʻO ka poʻe ʻōiwi o Mexico, e like me nā Aztecs a me Mayans, ua loaʻa i kā lākou mau kuʻuna kuʻuna kūʻokoʻa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona maoli i ko lākou ʻāina. Me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka poʻe Sepania i ke kenekulia 16, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā meaʻai hou a me nā ʻano hana kuke, kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai nā meaʻai ʻōiwi a me ʻEulopa. I ka wā lōʻihi, ua hoʻomau a hoʻololi ka meaʻai Mekiko, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea hou a me nā ʻono mai nā moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe.

ʻO ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i nā meaʻai o ka meaʻai Mekiko

Hōʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Mekiko e kona hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hou a me nā mea ʻono, e like me ka pepa chili, nā ʻōmato, nā avocados, a me nā pī. ʻO ka palaoa kekahi o nā mea nui loa i ka meaʻai Mekiko a hoʻohana ʻia i nā kīʻaha like ʻole, me nā tortillas, tacos, a me nā tamales. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana mau ʻia i ka meaʻai Mekiko, ʻo ia ka laiki, ka paʻakai, nā ʻiʻo e like me ka pipi, ka moa, a me ka puaʻa, a me nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole a me nā mea ʻala.

Mea ʻAina Mekiko ʻĀpana: E ʻimi i nā ʻokoʻa

Loaʻa i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o Mexico ko lākou mau kuʻuna kuʻuna kūʻokoʻa a me nā mea kūikawā. No ka laʻana, ʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Mekiko ʻĀkau no kāna mau ʻiʻo i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, ʻoiai ʻike ʻia nā wahi kahakai no kā lākou mau meaʻai iʻa. Ma ka Yucatan Peninsula, hoʻohana mau ʻia nā meaʻai kuʻuna Mayan e like me ka achiote, nā pepa habanero, a me nā ʻalani ʻawaʻawa. Hōʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Mekiko waena e nā kīʻaha e like me ka pozole a me ka chiles en nogada, ʻoiai ma ka hema, ʻo ka mole sauce kahi mea nui o ka meaʻai.

ʻIke ʻana i nā ʻono kū hoʻokahi o nā meaʻai alanui Mekiko

ʻO ka meaʻai alanui Mekiko kahi ala kaulana a kūpono hoʻi e ʻike i nā ʻono o ka meaʻai Mekiko. Mai nā tacos a me nā tortas a hiki i ka elote (grilled corn) a me nā tamales, hana pinepine ʻia nā meaʻai alanui Mekiko me nā mea hou, nā mea kūloko a hoʻopiha ʻia me nā ʻono wiwo ʻole. ʻO kekahi mau kīʻaha meaʻai alanui kaulana, ʻo ia ka al pastor tacos (ka puaʻa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia ma ka kuha), churros (palapala palaoa palai), a me nā esquites (he salakeke kulina ʻaila).

ʻO ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana i nā Tamales Mekiko kuʻuna

ʻO Tamales kahi kīʻaha Mexican kuʻuna i hana ʻia me ka kulina masa (palaoa) a me nā ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole, e like me nā ʻiʻo, nā paʻakai, a me nā mea kanu. Hoʻopili ʻia ka masa ma luna o ka ʻili kulina, hoʻopiha ʻia ka hoʻopiha, a laila ʻōwili ʻia ka tamale a puhi ʻia. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ʻo Tamales me ka salsa a hiki ke ʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha nui a i ʻole he meaʻai.

ʻO nā ʻano like ʻole o nā Salsa Mekiko a me kā lākou hoʻohana ʻana

ʻO ka Salsa kahi mea nui o ka meaʻai Mekiko a hele mai i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, me ka salsa roja (salsa ʻulaʻula), salsa verde (salsa ʻōmaʻomaʻo), a me ka pico de gallo (salsa hou). Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano salsa kona ʻono kūʻokoʻa a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohui i kahi kī ʻala i nā kīʻaha e like me tacos, quesadillas, a me burritos.

ʻO ke kuleana o Chili Peppers i ka ʻai Mekiko

ʻO ka pepa chili kahi mea nui i ka meaʻai Mekiko a hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohui i ka wela a me ka ʻono i nā kīʻaha he nui. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻano pepa chili e hana i nā ʻono like ʻole a me nā pae o ka ʻala. ʻO kekahi mau pepa chili kaulana i hoʻohanaʻia i ka meaʻai Mekiko me nā jalapenos, serranos, a me habaneros.

ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o ke kulina i ka ʻai Mekiko

ʻO ka palaoa kahi mea nui o ka meaʻai Mekiko a hoʻohana ʻia e hana i nā kīʻaha like ʻole e like me tortillas, tamales, a me pozole. Hoʻohana ʻia ka kulina e hana i ka masa, kahi i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā ʻāpana tortilla, tostadas, a me gorditas. Ma waho aʻe o kona koʻikoʻi meaʻai, he koʻikoʻi ka moʻomeheu a me ka ʻuhane i ka moʻomeheu Mekiko.

ʻO nā mea ʻono Mekiko kuʻuna: Nā meaʻono e hoʻāʻo ai

ʻIke ʻia ka meaʻai Mekiko no kāna mau ʻono ʻono, me ka churros, flan, a me ka keke tres leches. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea ʻono me nā meaʻai e like me ke kinamona, vanilla, a me ke kokoleka a he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻopau ai i kahi ʻai. ʻO nā mea ʻono Mekiko ʻē aʻe he buñuelos (palapala palapala me ka syrup) a me arroz con leche (pudding laiki).