John Myers
He mea ʻono anei ka ʻai ʻo East Timorese?
ʻO ka meaʻai ʻo East Timorese kahi hui o Malay, Pukiki, a me nā mea ʻono a me nā kuʻuna. Ua hōʻailona ʻia e kona hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu kūloko, me nā mea kanu a me nā mea ʻala maoli o ka ʻāina. ʻO kekahi o nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia e pili ana i ka meaʻai ʻo East Timorese he mea ʻala a ʻaʻole paha. ʻAe ka pane, akā me ka hoʻopaʻa. ʻAʻole maʻamau nā kīʻaha East Timorese e like me nā mea ʻai ʻē aʻe o Asia Hema, e like me Thai a i ʻole Vietnamese. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka wela ka mea nui o ka ʻike meaʻai ma East Timor.
ʻO ka ʻono o nā kīʻaha ʻo East Timorese
ʻOkoʻa ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻala ma nā kīʻaha East Timorese ma muli o ke kīʻaha a me ka ʻāina. Nui nā kīʻaha i hoʻokomo i nā pepa chili, hiki ke ʻano mai ka ʻoluʻolu a i ka wela wela, a hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohui i nā ʻano ʻono ma mua o ka wela. No ka laʻana, ʻo ka sambal, kahi paʻi chili i hana ʻia me nā ʻano chili like ʻole, he mea ʻono kaulana ma East Timor. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia me nā ʻiʻo i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, nā mea kanu, a me nā kīʻaha laiki e hoʻohui i kahi kīʻala. ʻO kekahi kīʻaha ʻē aʻe e komo ana i ka pepa chili, ʻo ia ka caril, kahi kīʻaha e like me ka curry i hana ʻia me ka turmeric, waiu niu, a me ka hui ʻana o nā mea ʻala. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ke kiʻekiʻe wela o ka caril i nā makemake ʻono o kēlā me kēia kanaka, akā maʻamau ʻaʻole ia e like me nā curries ʻē aʻe.
He Luʻu Hohonu i loko o ka Hikina ʻĀpana Kulina
ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia ka ʻono o East Timorese i ka pepa chili. ʻO ka ʻala, ke kāleka, a me ka turmeric kekahi hana i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka wela a me ka hohonu o ka ʻono i nā kīʻaha. ʻO ka laʻana, ʻo ka daun ubi tala, kahi kīʻaha i hana ʻia me ka lau kalo a me ka waiu niu, ua ʻono ʻia me ka ʻala a me ka turmeric, e hāʻawi ai i ka wela maʻalahi. Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻono ʻia nā kīʻaha e like me ka ikan pepes, kahi kīʻaha iʻa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia i ka lau maiʻa, me ka lemongrass, kahi e hoʻohui ai i kahi ʻono citrusy a ʻala iki. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka ʻono o ka meaʻai ʻo East Timorese he hōʻike ia o ka moʻomeheu a me ka meaʻai o ka ʻāina, a hoʻohui i kahi ʻano kūʻokoʻa i ka meaʻai o ka ʻāina.
