Kaya waphwanyidwa ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zokometsera, wophwanyidwa kukhala msuzi wapadera wa chili, kapena wowonjezeredwa ku saladi, tsabola wa Aleppo ndi malo apadera m'dziko lophikira. Wolimidwa mumzinda wa Aleppo kumpoto kwa Syria (kapena Halab), tsabola uyu wakhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka mazana ambiri kununkhira ma kebab, stews, ndi sauces, kusiyanitsa zakudya za ku Syria ndi zakudya zina za ku Middle East.
"Chakudya chabwino kwambiri ku Syria chimachokera ku Aleppo. Aleppo ili ndi zakudya zambiri zokoma, koma pali chakudya chimodzi chapadera chomwe chimapezeka ku Aleppo chokha: msuzi wotentha wa chili," Ali Fakhrdeen, wophika ku lesitilanti ya Qasr Halab yomwe yangotsegulidwa kumene ku Sharjah, adauza Gulfnews.com.
Msuzi wokometsera wa chili uwu umapereka zakudya zodziwika bwino zaku Middle East ndi mbale zazikulu, monga masamba amphesa odzazidwa, ma kebab, ndi ma meatball okazinga, kukoma kwapadera kwa ku Syria. Kuphatikiza pa kukoma kwa ku Syria, msuzi wotentha uwu (kapena shatahlabiya) umabwera m'mitundu iwiri—wokometsera ndi wotsekemera.
“Mpunga wokulungidwa ndi masamba a mphesa umapezeka m’maiko angapo a ku Middle East—Lebanon, Jordan, ndi Egypt. Koma ku Aleppo, chakudyachi ndi chapadera chifukwa masamba a mphesa amadzazidwa ndi msuzi wotsekemera wa chili ndi madzi a grenadine. Izi zimapangitsa kuti chikhale chokoma kwambiri chomwe simungapeze kwina kulikonse ku Middle East,” anatero Chef Fakhreddine.
M'zaka zaposachedwapa, mphamvu ya tsabola wa Aleppo pa zakudya zapadziko lonse lapansi yachepa, monganso mzinda womwewo, makamaka chifukwa cha nkhondo yomwe ikupitirira m'derali. Pamene nkhondo inawononga minda yaulimi, alimi ambiri anakakamizika kusamukira kumadera oyandikana nawo, koma kukoma kwapadera kwa tsabola wa Aleppo kwasungidwa mosamala. Mbewu zafunidwa kwambiri, ndipo tsopano okonda zonunkhira mpaka ku California, USA, akuyamba kulima tsabola wa Aleppo.
Izi zili choncho chifukwa tsabola wa chili nthawi zambiri umasintha malinga ndi mikhalidwe yosiyanasiyana yomera padziko lonse lapansi. Nthawi zonse wakhala mnzawo wokhulupirika wa apaulendo ndipo amagwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati ndalama. Kuyambira ku West Indies mpaka ku Europe, kuyambira ku Spain mpaka ku West Africa, tsabola wa chili amafalikira padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo amasakanikirana mosavuta ndi mitundu yakomweko. Chifukwa chake, tsabola wa Aleppo ali ndi chizindikiro chodziwika bwino cha Aleppo.
Zidutswa za tsabola wa chili uyu ndi zozungulira, kutalika kwake ndi masentimita 5 mpaka 10, ndi khungu losalala, lowala, komanso lokhuthala. Ali ndi kutentha pang'ono, pafupifupi mayunitsi 10,000 a Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Chifukwa cha kukoma kwake kwapadera, komwe kumaphatikiza kutentha, kutsekemera, ndi zipatso, tsabola wa Aleppo amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu zakudya zaku Syria.
Nyengo ya tsabola wa chili ku Levant imatha kumapeto kwa chilimwe ndi kumayambiriro kwa nthawi yophukira. Panthawiyi, banja lililonse limasonkhanitsa tsabola wochuluka wa chili ndi kuumitsa—osati wonse, koma pang'ono—kuti apange msuzi wofiira wa chili.
"Uwu ndi msuzi womwe timagwiritsa ntchito popanga msuzi wa Muhammara—zinyenyeswazi za buledi, msuzi wa chili, mafuta a azitona, ndi chitowe. Zosakaniza zinayi zokha ndizokwanira kupanga appetizer iyi, chifukwa msuzi wa chili ndi womwe umapatsa msuzi wa Muhammara kukoma kwake kwapadera," anatero Chef Fakhreddine.
Aleppo ndi umodzi mwa mizinda yakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, yomwe ili m'mbali mwa msewu wa Silk. Kufukula zakale kumeneko kunayamba mu Early Bronze Age, pafupifupi 3000 BC.
Komabe, ngati mutsatira chitukuko chaposachedwa cha zakudya zaku Syria, mudzazindikira kuti kukoma kwake sikunasinthe. Chef Fahrdin amakhulupirira kuti izi zili choncho chifukwa mbale zaku Syria sizingakonzedwe mwanjira zina.
Iye anati: “Ngati mukufuna kulawa chakudya cha ku Aleppo, muyenera kuchiphika pogwiritsa ntchito njira zachikhalidwe, osati zachilendo.”
Mnzake, Hassan Obaid, yemwe ndi wophika wa m'badwo wachitatu m'banjamo, anavomereza. Bambo ake ankagwira ntchito yophika ku hotelo yaikulu ku Aleppo, ndipo anaphunzira luso lake lophika kuchokera kwa abambo ake. Chef Obaid ali ndi chidaliro kuti ana ake aamuna apitiriza miyambo yophikira ya m'banjamo, ndipo kuti m'badwo wachinayi udzalandira chilakolako chophika.
"Ponena za chakudya chokha, simudzawona kusintha kulikonse. Kukoma kwake kwakhala kosasintha kwa mibadwo itatu. Koma tsopano, chifukwa cha kupita patsogolo kwa ukadaulo ndi kusintha kwakukulu kwa moyo, tasintha momwe timawonetsera. Koma kukoma kwake kukupitirirabe," adatero Al-Obaid, sous chef ku Casal Harab.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake ma kebab tsopano akuphwanyidwa ndi makina m'malo modulidwa m'zidutswa tating'onoting'ono, ndipo mawonekedwe ake akhala amakono. Koma kukoma kwake sikunasinthe. Chitsanzo china cha kutanthauzira kwamakono kwa chakudya chachikhalidwe ndi tchizi chokazinga cha halloumi, chomwe ndi chakudya chodziwika bwino ku Middle East.
"Tchizi cha Halomi nthawi zonse chimakhala tchizi cha halomi—kukoma kwake sikunasinthe kuyambira nthawi ya agogo anga mpaka lero. Koma mwadzidzidzi ndinaganiza zokulunga tchizi cha halomi mu mtanda wa kunafa (vermicelli) kenako n’kuukazinga. Mwanjira imeneyi, nthawi yomweyo mutha kuwona kukoma kwa tchizi cha halomi ndi kutsekemera kwa mtanda wa kunafa," anatero Chef Obaid.
Kodi chakudya cha ku Syria chimasiyana bwanji ndi cha ku Egypt kapena ku Lebanon? Malinga ndi Chef Fahrdin, ndi "kukoma kwa halal" kwapadera komwe kumapangitsa mbale kukhala zatsopano.
"Chikho cha ku Syria chilinso chapadera, chokhala ndi kukoma kwapadera kwa halab. Timagwiritsa ntchito nkhosa yodulidwa, tirigu wosweka, ma pistachio, mtedza, mbewu za makangaza, ndi zonunkhira. Inde, palinso msuzi wotsekemera wa chili. Izi ndi zosakaniza zazikulu zomwe zimadzazidwa, zomwe zimakonzedwanso ndi anyezi ndi madzi a makangaza," adatero.
Ma kebab amasiyananso; ma kebab a Aleppo amagwiritsa ntchito nyama yambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti akhale ofewa komanso ofewa. Palinso mitundu yosiyanasiyana.
"Adzawonjezera mafuta ambiri kuti ma kebab akhale ofewa, komanso mtedza. Kebab yomwe ndimakonda kwambiri ndi ya Billa Mukasarata, yomwe imapangidwa ndi mtedza ndi tchizi mu nyama yodulidwa," adatero.
Kwa iwo amene ayesa chakudya cha ku Syria koyamba, Chef Fahrdin akulangiza kuti: “Yambani ndi muhammara, kenako kibbe ndi yaranga, ndipo pomaliza kebabs.”
Ngati mukufuna kuyesa zakudya zaku Syria, nayi njira yapadera yophikira kuchokera ku resitora ya Qasar Halab sous-chef Hassan Al Obaid—njira yake yapadera yophikira tchizi cha haloumi.
• Manga magawo atatu a tchizi cha halloumi mu mtanda wa kunafa ndikuphika mu uvuni kwa mphindi pafupifupi zinayi.
• Payokha, kanizani za'atar yatsopano ndikuyiyika pa mbale. Ikani tchizi chokazinga cha haloumi pamwamba ndikukongoletsa ndi azitona zakuda zodulidwa.
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