I-Coriander, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-cilantro, iyikhambi elidumile elisetshenziswa ezinhlobonhlobo zokudla emhlabeni jikelele. Kulula ukuyitshala futhi ingaba isilimo esinenzuzo kubalimi. Lesi sihloko sihlola ukutshalwa nokusetshenziswa kwe-coriander, kanye nezinzuzo zayo kokubili abalimi nabapheki.
I-Coriander (i-Coriandrum sativum) isitshalo esikhula ngokushesha, esinenkathi epholile yonyaka esomndeni we-Apiaceae. Itholakala eningizimu yeYurophu nasesifundeni esisempumalanga yeMedithera, kodwa manje isilinywa ezindaweni eziningi zomhlaba. Ikhambi linephunga elihlukile kanye ne-flavour elenza libe isithako esidumile ekudleni okuningi, okuhlanganisa i-Mexican, Indian, ne-Thai.
Ukutshala i-coriander kulula, futhi ingatshalwa ezinhlobonhlobo zenhlabathi. Ngokusho kweYunivesithi yaseWisconsin-Madison, i-coriander ingahlwanyelwa ngqo emhlabathini ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo noma ekwindla. Idinga ukuchelela okusesilinganisweni futhi ingavunwa lapho amaqabunga ecishe abe ngama-intshi angu-6 ubude. I-Coriander ingatshalwa njengesitshalo semali noma njengesitshalo esixutshwe neminye imifino.
Ngaphezu kokusetshenziswa kwayo kokupheka, i-coriander inezinzuzo eziningi zezempilo. Icebile kuma-antioxidants futhi iboniswe ukuthi inezinto ezilwa namagciwane. Ngokocwaningo olwanyatheliswa kuyi-International Journal of Food Microbiology, uwoyela we-coriander utholakale esebenza ngempumelelo emagciwaneni amaningana atholakala ekudleni, okuhlanganisa i-Salmonella ne-E. coli.
I-Coriander futhi iyisitshalo esinenzuzo kubalimi. Ngokocwaningo olushicilelwe ku-International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, i-coriander ingakhiqiza amathani angu-1.8 ihektha ngalinye, kanti lesi sitshalo singathengiswa ngentengo enhle ezimakethe zendawo.
Abapheki futhi bayayithakasela i-coriander ngokuguquguquka kwayo ekuphekeni. Ikhambi lingasetshenziswa lisha noma lomisiwe, futhi amaqabunga awo nembewu kokubili kusetshenziselwa izitsha ezihlukahlukene. E-Mexican cuisine, i-coriander iyisithako esiyinhloko ku-salsa ne-guacamole, kuyilapho e-Indian cuisine, isetshenziswa kuma-curries nama-chutneys. Imbewu ye-coriander nayo isetshenziswa ekuhlanganiseni kwezinongo njenge-garam masala.
Sengiphetha, i-coriander iyisitshalo esishintshashintshayo nesinenzuzo kubalimi, futhi iyisithako esidumile nesinempilo ekudleni okuningi emhlabeni jikelele. Ukulinywa kwayo kalula nokusetshenziswa okuningi kuyenza isitshalo esikhangayo kubalimi abafuna ukuhlukanisa iphothifoliyo yezitshalo zabo, kanye nesithako esibalulekile sabapheki abafuna ukwengeza ukunambitheka nokudla ezitsheni zabo.
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