"Sicilian violet" amatchedwa kolifulawa wofiirira yemwe amamera ku Italy, ndipo siwoyipa kuposa wamba, koma mtundu wake ndi wachilendo. Masamba awa ndi mtanda pakati pa broccoli ndi kolifulawa wamba. Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwake kukhitchini ndikokongola kwambiri komanso kokongola, chifukwa kumalola kukonzekera zokongoletsa, soups ndi purées ndi mtundu wa violet. Ku Sicily, kolifulawa wofiirira akadali chinthu chambiri ndipo amalimidwa m'mafamu achilengedwe.
Lili ndi fiber ndi vitamini C, komanso vitamini K ndi A, komanso gulu B komanso selenium, zomwe zimalimbitsa chitetezo chathu. Zamasamba ndi antioxidant wabwino kwambiri. Zimalepheretsa kutsekeka kwa mitsempha, mapangidwe a magazi ndi matenda a mtima.
Lili ndi mankhwala a flavonoid otchedwa anthocyanins, omwe amapereka mtundu wake wofiirira ndipo amaganiziridwa kuti amathandizira kuwongolera lipids m'magazi ndi shuga, komanso kuthandizira kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha khansa. Ili ndi ma tannins ambiri ndipo ndi yoyenera kuidya yaiwisi.
Kolifulawa imakhala ndi 92% yamadzi, 5% yamafuta ndi 2% yamafuta amasamba. Pali 25 kcal mu 100 magalamu a yaiwisi yaiwisi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zabwino pazakudya zotsika kwambiri. Ikhoza kusungidwa kwa sabata imodzi mu pepala kapena thumba la pulasitiki mufiriji. Akaphika, kolifulawa ayenera kudyedwa mkati mwa masiku awiri kapena atatu.
Kuwotcha kapena kuwotcha kuyenera kusunga zakudya zake zambiri kuposa kutentha. Mukawotcha kapena kuwotcha, kolifulawa akhoza kudyedwa monga momwe amachitira kapena kuphatikizidwa mu mbale ina. Nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chophatikizira mu supu zosiyanasiyana za kirimu, purees, caviar ndi zokhwasula-khwasula. Kolifulawa wofiirira akuwoneka kuti adachokera ku Sicily, kuchokera kumtundu wa kolifulawa wotchedwa Violetto di Sicilia. Mtundu wofiirira suchokera ku kusintha kwa majini, koma ku kusankha kwachilengedwe kopangidwa ndi munthu. Mtundu wofiirira umapezeka makamaka kum'mwera kwa Italy ndi South Africa.
Pali mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya kolifulawa yomwe imasiyana makamaka mtundu. Kolifulawa woyera ndi wofala kwambiri, mtundu wa lalanje umapezeka mu dothi linalake ku Canada ndipo uli ndi vitamini A wochuluka kuposa woyera. Kolifulawa wobiriwira amapezeka makamaka ku Europe ndi USA. Monga tanenera kale, kolifulawa ndi wolemera kwambiri muzakudya, zomwe zimathandiza kuti m'mimba mukhale wathanzi. Kukhalapo kwa glucoraphin ndi chinthu china cha kolifulawa ndipo kumathandiza kupewa khansa ya m'mimba komanso zilonda zam'mimba. Lili ndi ma antioxidants ambiri ndipo limathandizira polimbana ndi matenda amtima. Kolifulawa amatha kuthetsa ma enzyme omwe amayambitsa khansa. Ndiwotsutsa-kutupa ndipo amathandiza kupewa nyamakazi ndi kunenepa kwambiri.
Ku Catania, kolifulawa wophimbidwa amagwiritsidwanso ntchito kudzaza scacciata. Ndi keke ya rustic yopangidwa mu uvuni wamwala, wokhala ndi zokometsera zosiyanasiyana mkati. Chokoma ichi chimatchuka kwambiri pa Khrisimasi ndi Chaka Chatsopano. Pali zosiyana zambiri, zomwe ndi broccoli, ndi thuma ndi anchovies, ndi ricotta, mbatata, anyezi, azitona wakuda, tchizi cha nkhosa chamtengo wapatali.
