John Myers
Chiyambi: Kufunika kwa Ma Tortilla mu Zakudya zaku Mexican
Ma Tortilla ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pazakudya za ku Mexico ndipo anthu mamiliyoni ambiri padziko lonse amasangalala nazo. Sichakudya chokhazikika m'mabanja aku Mexico komanso ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pachikhalidwe cha dzikolo. Ma Tortilla ndi chakudya chosinthasintha komanso chosinthika chomwe chingagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati maziko a mbale zambiri, kuphatikizapo tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas ndi tostadas.
Okonda chakudya ndi ophika padziko lonse lapansi alandira ma tortilla, ndipo tsopano mutha kuwapeza m'maphikidwe ambiri. Komabe, zakudya za ku Mexico ndizomwe zimagwiritsidwabe ntchito kwambiri za tortilla, ndipo ndizofunika kwambiri kuti dziko lino lizidziwika bwino. Kaya mukupita ku Mexico kapena mukuphika chakudya cha ku Mexican kunyumba, ma tortilla ndi ofunikira kuti mukhale ndi zochitika zenizeni komanso zokoma.
Mbiri ya Tortillas: Kuyambira Kale Mpaka Masiku Ano
Mbiri ya tortilla inayamba mu 10,000 BCE pamene midzi yakale ya Mesoamerican inayamba kulima chimanga (chimanga). Anthu amtundu wa ku Mexico anatulukira njira yopera chimanga n’kukhala ufa, womwe umatchedwa kuti masa, womwe kenako ankauphwanyira n’kuphika m’chiwaya chathyathyathya. Njira imeneyi imagwiritsidwabe ntchito masiku ano popanga tortilla, ndipo imatengedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwazakudya zakale kwambiri padziko lapansi.
Ma Tortilla adasintha pakapita nthawi, ndipo masiku ano amapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito ufa wa chimanga kapena tirigu. Msuzi wa chimanga ndi wachikhalidwe kwambiri, ndipo akadali wotchuka kwambiri ku Mexico. Alibe gluteni ndipo ali ndi kakomedwe kosiyana, mawonekedwe, ndi fungo. Komano, ma tortilla a ufa ndi opangidwa posachedwapa, ndipo amakhala ndi mawonekedwe ofewa komanso amakoma pang'ono. Mbiri ya tortilla ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la chikhalidwe cha ku Mexico ndipo limakondwerera Tsiku la National Tortilla, lomwe limachitika pa February 24.
