John Myers
Introduction: Hoʻomaopopo i ka meaʻai Eritrean
ʻO ka meaʻai Eritrean kahi hui like ʻole o nā mea ʻono, i hoʻohuli ʻia e ka ʻāina kūʻokoʻa a me ka mōʻaukala moʻomeheu. Aia ma ʻApelika Hikina, palena ʻo Eritrea i ʻAitiopa, Sudan, a me ke Kaiʻula. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka meaʻai e kona hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻala, nā kīʻaha, a me nā legumes, a me kona manaʻo nui i ka ʻai ʻana a me ke kaʻana like ʻana.
ʻIke ʻia ka meaʻai Eritrean no kāna injera, kahi palaoa ʻala i hana ʻia mai ka palaoa teff, kahi ʻano kīʻaha maoli o ka ʻāina. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Injera ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha a me kahi meaʻai, e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he kumu no nā stews, salads, a me nā kīʻaha ʻē aʻe. Aia pū kekahi ʻano kīʻaha ʻiʻo e like me ka zigni (stew beef stew) a me ka tsebhi derho (stew moa).
ʻO nā ʻono o Eritrea: Nā mea maʻamau
He waiwai ka meaʻai Eritrean i nā mea ʻala a me nā mea kanu, hāʻawi iā ia i kahi ʻano paʻakikī a ʻono. ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻala maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ia ka berbere, kahi hui o nā pepa chili, kālika, ginger, a me nā ʻano mea ʻala ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Berbere i nā kīʻaha Eritrean kuʻuna, me ka tsebhi derho a me ka zigni.
He mea koʻikoʻi nā legumes i ka meaʻai Eritrean, me nā lentils, chickpeas, a me nā pī i hōʻike nui ʻia i nā kīʻaha he nui. ʻO ka lentil a me ka chickpea stews nā koho meaʻai meaʻai kaulana, aʻo nā pīni fava e lawelawe pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha kakahiaka me ka injera.
ʻO nā mea maʻamau ʻē aʻe i loko o ka meaʻai Eritrean ʻo nā aniani, nā ʻuala, a me nā ʻuala, i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he kumu no nā stews a me nā ʻuala. ʻO ka ʻiʻo kekahi mea hoʻohui kaulana, me ka pipi, hipa, moa, a me ke kao i hoʻohana mau ʻia i nā kīʻaha Eritrean.
ʻO nā mea ʻala, nā mea kanu, a me nā mea hou aʻe: Nā mea hoʻohui Eritrean
Ma waho aʻe o ka berbere, hoʻohana ka meaʻai Eritrean i nā ʻano mea ʻala a me nā mea kanu e hoʻohui i ka hohonu a me ka paʻakikī i nā kīʻaha. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo Mitmita, kahi hui o nā pepa chili a me nā mea ʻala, e hoʻohui i ka wela i nā stews a me nā ʻuala. ʻO Tsebhi shiro, kahi meaʻai meaʻai kaulana i hana ʻia mai ka moa lepo a i ʻole nā lentils, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia me ka hui ʻana o nā mea ʻala me ka kumini, coriander, a me ka fenugreek.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā mea kanu e like me ka basil, ka pā paʻi, a me ka cilantro i ka meaʻai Eritrean, e hoʻohui ana i ka hou a me ka ʻōlinolino i nā kīʻaha. ʻO nā kumulāʻau Nigella, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka cumin ʻeleʻele, he mea ʻokoʻa i ka meaʻai Eritrean, i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka berena a me nā stews.
Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Eritrean e kona ʻono wiwo ʻole a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea e like me ka injera, berbere, a me nā legumes. Inā he mea ʻai meaʻai ʻoe a makemake ʻiʻo paha, aia kekahi mea no kēlā me kēia mea i kēia meaʻai ikaika a ʻono.
