Imbali yenye yezona zidlo zidumileyo zaseTurkey - lokum, ziveliswe ngobuninzi kwaye zidliwe, njengenye yezinto ezimbalwa eziyolisayo ezinikezelwa kwimarike, iqala kwinkulungwane ye-18 ekude. I-confectioner Haj Bekir Efendi ithathwa ngokuba "nguyise" we-lokum, njengoko waqala ukuyivelisa ngobuninzi kwaye wayithengisa kwivenkile yakhe. Wafika eConstantinople ngo-1776 kwaye ngenxa yezakhono zakhe zokupheka kunye netalente, kunye nelokum awayilungisayo, wamiselwa umpheki oyintloko wepastry kwibhotwe nguSultan. Esi sisiqalo sembali ye-sweet treat, kodwa ngaba uyazi ukuba yaphuhliswa njani kwaye yintoni eyonwabisayo?
Imbali yokum
I-Turkish Delight yenye yeelekese ezindala emhlabeni, ekukholelwa ukuba ingaphezulu kweminyaka engama-500 ubudala, oku kuthetha ukuba yayisaziwa kwaye yalungiswa nangaphambi kokuba i-confectioner eyaziwayo iqalise ukuyithengisa kwivenkile yayo kwaye yajika yayisisidlo esithandwayo saseTurkey. I-Haj Bekir Efendi isonge i-lokum ngeetshefu ezikhethekileyo zeleyisi kwaye yajika yaba luphawu lothando kunye nendlela yokuvakalisa iimvakalelo, ngamadoda ayinikela njengesipho kwinenekazi lentliziyo yabo ababethandana nayo.
Ibali uyaqhubeka ngokuchanekileyo kunye nobukho umpheki pastry kwibhotwe, kunye lokum ngokwayo - kunye nokusasazeka kwayo ngaphandle Turkey, okwenzeka enkosi umhambi British ngenkulungwane ye-19, owayethanda lokum kangangokuba wathatha iibhokisi zonke. incasa yesiTurkey ukuya eBritani yakhe ilitye elimnandi elimnandi alibhaqileyo. Igama leqhekeza eliswiti, elibizwa ngokuba lokum, linemvelaphi yesiArabhu - ukusuka kwigama elithi luqam, eliguqulelwa ngokuthi "luma" kunye "nomlomo ogcwele". Igama layo kwiilwimi ezahlukeneyo zaseMpuma Yurophu livela kwi-Ottoman Turkish - lokum.
Yintoni ulonwabo lwaseTurkey lwenziwe?
Kuyinyani enomdla ukuba iresiphi yolonwabo lwaseTurkey ihleli phantse ingatshintshanga ukusukela mhla yadalwa. Amantongomane, amanqaku ahlukeneyo kunye namavumba ayongezwa kuyo, kodwa kwisiseko sayo ihlala ingatshintshi, igcinwe kwaye idluliselwe kwisizukulwana ukuya kwisizukulwana.
I-Lokum ijika imbali yokupheka kunye nezithako zayo. Kuze kube ngekhulu le-19 kunye nokufika kweswekile ecocekileyo kula mazwe kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo ekulungiseleleni iilekese, zenziwe ngobusi okanye iziqhamo ezomileyo, ezabanika incasa yabo. I-Lokum ilungiswe kumxube wesiraphu yeswekile kunye nobisi olunesitatshi. Kwathatha iiyure ezingama-5-6 ukulungiselela okanye ukupheka ngokuchanekileyo umxube, emva koko iphunga longezwa. Lo mxube wawugalelwa kwiitreyi ezinkulu zokuqinisekisa ngeplanga kwaye emva kweyure ezimalunga nesihlanu zasongwa, zasikwa zafefa ngamandongomane okanye umgubo weswekile. Ezi zizithako zelokum nanamhlanje, isithethe sigciniwe, iresiphi - nayo.
E-Bulgaria, fe, kugxilwe ikakhulu kwiincasa zemveli kunye namavumba anxulumene nelizwe lethu, njenge-rose yaseBulgaria, i-walnuts, ubusi, ngelixa eTurkey iintlobo zokuzonwabisa zaseTurkey zingumzekeliso, eyona nto idumileyo ngamanqaku eziqhamo, i-mint, ilamuni, i-orenji, kunye neTurkish eyolisayo kunye nemihla, i-pistachios okanye i-hazelnuts.
E-Turkey, ulonwabo lwaseTurkey lukwafumaneka ngokubanzi, luhlanganiswe neziqhamo ezomisiweyo ezifana ne-apricot, kunye neentlobo ezininzi ze-coconut. Uhlobo olukhethekileyo lwe-Turkish eyonwabisayo luyaziwa, kunye ne-cream cream (i-buffalo milk cream) phakathi kweengqimba ezimnandi kunye ne-coconut shavings.
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