John Myers
Introduction: Bahraini Culinary History
ʻO ka meaʻai Bahraini kahi hui o nā kuʻuna kuʻuna ʻAlapia, Peresia, a me India. ʻO ka wahi a me ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻāina he mea nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kāna meaʻai. He wahi kālepa koʻikoʻi ʻo Bahrain no nā mea ʻala a me nā mea ʻala, a ua hoʻohuli ʻia e nā mea kālepa mai nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua. ʻIke ʻia ka meaʻai Bahraini no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻala, nā mea kanu, a me nā mea ʻala, e hoʻohui i ka ʻono i nā kīʻaha a hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou.
Nā ʻenehana kuʻuna: Kaʻi ʻana, ka ʻū, a me ka ʻai ʻana
ʻO ka grilling, stewing, a me ka kuke ʻana ka mea maʻamau i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i ka meaʻai Bahraini. ʻO ka grilling kahi ala kaulana no ka kuke ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, ka iʻa a me nā mea kanu. Hana ʻia ke kaʻina hana ʻai ma luna o kahi lapalapa ākea, kahi e hāʻawi ai i kahi ʻono ʻala i ka meaʻai. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a i ʻole ka iʻa iʻa ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana he hana koʻikoʻi ia e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻono.
ʻO ka ʻū ʻana he ʻano kuke lohi i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā stews a me nā sopa. Hoʻopili ia i ka kuke ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a i ʻole nā mea kanu i loko o ka wai no ka manawa lōʻihi me ka wela haʻahaʻa. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻenehana no ka hana ʻana i nā kīʻaha e like me ka machboos, kahi kīʻaha laiki Bahraini i hana ʻia me ka ʻiʻo, nā mea ʻala, a me ka laiki. ʻO ka Baking kekahi hana kaulana i hoʻohana ʻia i ka meaʻai Bahraini. Hoʻohana ʻia ia no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka berena, nā pastries, a me nā mea ʻai. Hana ʻia ka berena Bahraini me ka palaoa palaoa piha a kālua ʻia i loko o ka umu kuʻuna i kapa ʻia ʻo taboun. Hāʻawi ʻia ka berena me nā kīʻaha e like me ka machboos, a hoʻohana ʻia nō hoʻi ia e hana i nā sandwiches.
ʻO nā mea ʻala kū hoʻokahi a me nā mea hoʻohui i ka kuke ʻana o Bahraini
Uaʻikeʻia ka meaʻai Bahraini no ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā meaʻala likeʻole a me nā meaʻai. ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻala maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka kuke ʻana ʻo Bahraini he saffron, turmeric, cardamom, cumin, a me ka coriander. Hoʻohui kēia mau mea ʻala i ka ʻono i nā kīʻaha a hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi ʻala ʻokoʻa. Hoʻohana pū ka meaʻai Bahraini i nā mea kanu like ʻole e like me ka mint, parsley, a me cilantro.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻokoʻa i hoʻohana ʻia i ka meaʻai Bahraini he lā, wai rose, a me ka pomegerane. Hoʻohana ʻia nā lā ma ke ʻano he mea ʻono i nā mea ʻono a hoʻohana pū ʻia i nā kīʻaha ʻono e like me nā stews. Hoʻohana ʻia ka wai rose i nā mea ʻono e like me ka muhallabia, kahi waiu waiu i hoʻonani ʻia me ka wai rose. Hoʻohana ʻia ka pomegranate e hoʻohui i ka momona i nā kīʻaha e like me ke kīʻaha Bahraini kaulana, muhammar, i hana ʻia me ka laiki, nā lā, a me ka syrup pomegerane.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka meaʻai Bahraini kahi hui o nā kuʻuna culinary like ʻole, a ua ʻike ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻala a me nā meaʻai. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana, ka ʻū ʻana, a me ka kuke ʻana ʻo ia nā hana kuʻuna maʻamau, a hoʻohana ʻia lākou e hoʻomākaukau i nā ʻano kīʻaha ākea. He mea ʻono a ʻono ka meaʻai Bahraini, a he mea pono ia e hoʻāʻo no ka poʻe makemake e hoʻāʻo i nā meaʻai hou.
