John Myers
Introduction to East Timorese Cuisine
ʻO ka meaʻai ʻo East Timorese kahi hui maikaʻi o nā mana Pukiki, Indonesia, a me Polenekia. Hoʻopili nui ʻia ka moʻomeheu meaʻai o ka ʻāina e kona mōʻaukala, ʻo ia hoʻi ka noho ʻana e Pokukala, ka noho ʻana e Indonesia, a me ka hakakā ʻana no ke kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ka meaʻai East Timorese kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā meaʻai ʻōiwi kuʻuna a me nā hana culinary, i hui pū ʻia me nā mea i lawe ʻia mai a me nā ʻano kuke.
Nā Hana Kuʻuna Kuʻuna i ka ʻai ʻo East Timorese
ʻO kekahi o nā ʻenehana kuke kuʻuna maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka meaʻai ʻo East Timorese ʻo ka grilling. Ma nā wahi he nui o ka ʻāina, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, ka iʻa, a me nā mea kanu ma luna o ka lapalapa ākea kahi ala kaulana o ka kuke ʻana. ʻO kekahi ʻano hana kuke kaulana ʻo ka stewing. Hoʻomoʻa mālie kēia i nā ʻiʻo a me nā mea kanu i loko o ka ipuhao me ka wai a i ʻole wai niu a palupalu a ʻono. ʻO ka mahu kekahi ʻano hana maʻamau no ka kuke ʻana i nā mea kanu, iʻa, a me nā kīʻaha laiki.
ʻO kahi ʻenehana kuke kuʻuna i kū hoʻokahi i ka meaʻai East Timorese ke hoʻohana nei i nā pōhaku wela e kuke ai i ka meaʻai. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻano hana i ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i nā pōhaku ma luna o ke ahi a laila hoʻohana iā lākou e kuke i nā ʻiʻo a me nā mea kanu. Ua kaulana kēia ʻano hana ma nā kuaʻāina kahi e hoʻohana mau ʻia ai nā ʻano kuke kuʻuna.
ʻO nā meaʻai kaulana a me nā mea ʻai i ka ʻai ʻo East Timorese
Hōʻike ka meaʻai East Timorese i nā ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole i ka ʻāina. ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻai kaulana loa ʻo ia ka ikan sabuko, kahi kīʻaha iʻa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia me ka laiki a me nā mea kanu. ʻO kekahi meaʻai kaulana ʻo caril de galinha, kahi pā moa i hana ʻia me ka waiu niu a me nā ʻano mea ʻala like ʻole.
ʻO kahi mea hoʻohui kaulana i ka meaʻai ʻo East Timorese he tamarind, kahi i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohui i kahi ʻono i nā kīʻaha he nui. ʻO kekahi mea maʻamau ʻo ka waiu niu, kahi i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohui i kahi ʻano momona a momona i nā stews a me nā curries. ʻO nā meaʻai kaulana ʻē aʻe he pepa chili, lemongrass, a me ka ginger.
I ka hopena, ʻo East Timorese cuisine kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā meaʻai kuʻuna kuʻuna a me nā hana culinary, i hui pū ʻia me nā mea i lawe ʻia mai a me nā ʻano kuke. Hoʻohana nui ʻia nā ʻenehana kuke kuʻuna e like me ka ʻai ʻana, ka ʻū ʻana, a me ka mahu ʻana ma ka ʻāina. ʻO nā kīʻaha kaulana ʻo ia ka ikan sabuko a me ka caril de galinha, ʻoiai ʻo tamarind, waiu niu, a me nā pepa chili he mau mea maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kīʻaha he nui.
