Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

La fenugreek Sisityalo ebesikade sisetyenziswa ngabantu ixesha elide: kuyaziwa ukuba amaYiputa amandulo ebesele eyisebenzisa kwiinkqubo zokumisa isidumbu… ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-4000 eyadlulayo!

Ukulinywa kwayo kunye nolondolozo kulula kakhulu, kuba enyanisweni inokubakho embizeni kunye nasegadini yeziqhamo okanye egadini. Ukuba ufuna ukudibana naye, Nantsi ifayile yakho.

Imvelaphi kunye neempawu

Umlinganiswa wethu ophambili sisityalo sonyaka esivela eMzantsi-ntshona weAsia, nangona namhlanje sinokufumaneka kumazantsi eYurophu. Igama layo lenzululwazi ngu I-Trigonella foenum-graecum, Kodwa yaziwa njenge fenugreek, fenugreek okanye fenugreek. Lubonakala ngo ukufikelela kubude obungama-20 ukuya kuma-50 cm, ngeziqu ezimileyo apho kuvela amagqabi aluhlaza. Iyadubula ehlotyeni. Iintyatyambo zincinci, zityheli.

Isantya sokukhula kwayo sikhawuleza kakhulu; hayi ngelize, kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa kufuneka ihlume, ikhule, idubule kwaye ivelise imbewu ngaphambi kokuba ibune. Ngesi sizathu, sisityalo esinomdla kakhulu.

Ziintoni ezibakhathazayo?

Ukuba ufuna ukukhula kwi-fenugreek, sicebisa ukuba unike le nkathalo ilandelayo:

• Ubicación: ngaphandle, kwilanga elipheleleyo.
• Umhlaba: nokuba kusembizeni okanye emhlabeni, ayinankathalo logama nje inemijelo elungileyo.
• Unkcenkceshelo: rhoqo. Kufuneka inkcenkceshelwe rhoqo emva kweentsuku ezi-2, ukunqanda ukuntywila emanzini kodwa ikwavumela nomhlaba ukuba wome.
• Umbhalisi: kulo lonke ixesha lonyaka, nge Izichumisi zendalo.
• Ukuphindaphinda: ngembewu ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo.
• Ukusebenza ngokukhawuleza: xa amaqondo obushushu esihla ngezantsi kwe-10ºC aqala ukubuna.

Isebenzisa ntoni?

ICulinario

Omabini la magqabi kunye nembewu asetyenziswa njenge iziqholo. Ukongeza, iisaladi zenziwa kunye neyokuqala, kunye neyokugqibela uhlobo lwesonka, i-khakhra.

Unyango

Iqhele uku ukuququzelela ukwetyisa, ukunciphisa ukudumba, ukulwa nosulelo, kunye nokunyanga ukungqubana kwesinusitis kunye nemiphunga. Inceda ukuphucula umdla wokutya kunye nokulala.

Olunye usetyenziso

Abaqholi bamandulo base-Egypt bayisebenzisela ukugwinya, kwaye yonke idolophu isebenzise ioyile efunyenwe kwimbewu ukulwa imibimbi.

Ucinga ntoni ngepenugreek?