Kusapho olukhulu nolwahlukeneyo lweZingiberaceae, isityalo esinye sibalasele ngencasa yaso eyodwa kunye neempawu zonyango: I-Aframomum melegueta, eyaziwa njengeenkozo zeparadesi okanye ipepile yengwenya.Esi siqholo sinevumba elimnandi, esiyinzalelwane yaseNtshona Afrika, kangangeenkulungwane sisetyenziswa ekutyeni kwaseAfrika nakumayeza esintu.

Ngembewu yayo encinci, emnyama efana ne-peppercorns, i-Aframomum melegueta yongeza i-spicy, i-citrusy kick ezitya, inika iprofayili yencasa ekhethekileyo eyenza ukuba yahluke kwezinye iziqholo ezidumileyo.Iimbewu zidla ngokugcadiswa okanye zibiliswe ngaphambi kokuba zigalelwe kwisityu, isuphu, nakwiimarinades, apho zikhupha incasa yazo etshisayo, eshushu nekrakra kancinane.

UChef Marian Lee, ingcali yenzululwazi yezamayeza edumileyo neyincutshe ekutyeni kwaseAfrika, uthi: “Iinkozo zeparadesi zinencasa entsonkothileyo nengaqhelekanga enokufudumeza ize ihlaziye."Bafaka isiqholo esahlukileyo esidityaniswa kakuhle nezitya ezinencasa kunye neziswiti ngokufanayo."

Ukongeza ekusebenziseni kwayo ukutya, i-Aframomum melegueta ikwaxabiswa ngenxa yeempawu zayo zonyango.Amaxhwele aseAfrika aye asebenzisa esi siqholo ukunyanga izigulo ezahlukahlukeneyo, kuquka iingxaki zokwetyisa, umkhuhlane nokudumba.Uphando lwangoku lubonise ukuba isityalo siqulethe iikhompawundi ezininzi ezine-antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, kunye ne-antimicrobial activities.

Phezu kwako nje ukuthandwa kwayo eAfrika, iinkozo zeparadesi zazingaziwa kumazwe aseNtshona de kwangamaXesha Aphakathi, xa abarhwebi baseYurophu bafumanisa ezi ziqholo ebudeni bokuhlola kwabo kunxweme lwaseNtshona Afrika.Ukusukela ngoko, i-Aframomum melegueta iye yafumana ukuqondwa kancinci kancinci njengesiqholo esixabisekileyo, kunye nemfuno eyandayo kwiminyaka yakutshanje ngenxa yomdla okhulayo wokutya kwihlabathi kunye namayeza endalo.

Njengoko ihlabathi liqhubeka nokufumanisa izibonelelo ezininzi ze-Aframomum melegueta, ukuthandwa kwayo kunye nemfuno kulindeleke ukuba ikhule.Ngencasa yaso eyodwa, iipropathi zonyango, kunye nokubaluleka kwembali, esi siqholo sangaphandle siqinisekile ukuba siya kuhlala sisisiseko kwiivenkile zaseAfrika nakwihlabathi jikelele kwiinkulungwane ezizayo.

Ngolwazi oluthe vetshe nge-Aframomum melegueta kunye nezicelo zayo ezahlukeneyo, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yethu ku-www.aframomum.org okanye uqhagamshelane nevenkile yakho yokutya okukhethekileyo kwisampulu yesi siqholo simangalisayo.