I-chayote kunye namawaka ayo kunye negama elinye.

Kwiholide yam yokugqibela ePortugal ndafumanisa i-chayote kunye namagama ayo aliwaka kunye negama elinye. A cucurbit ngazo ungenza iindlela zokupheka ezingenakubalwa.

Inyani yile yokuba ndandingabazi ubukho babo de ndindwendwela kwimarike yendabuko ndabona ukuba phantse zonke iivenkile ziyazithengisa. Abantu bendawo bandixelele ukuba ityiwa kakhulu apho kwaye ukusetyenziswa kwayo kuxhaphake kakhulu kangangokuba bayayisebenzisa ezahlukeneyo zokupheka. 

Ndixelele ukuba uvelaphi kwaye ndiza kukuxelela ukuba ubiza ntoni.

Kwaye yile chayote (Sechium edule) yiyo imvelaphi yaseMelika Kwaye apho, ngokuxhomekeke kwilizwe okanye nakwindawo, bayinika amagama ahlukeneyo. Kunika umdla kakhulu ukubona indlela abantu abahlukeneyo abanike ngayo iziqhamo ezifanayo amagama ahlekisayo kunye namagama ayintsusa.

En Mekhsikho Ibizwa ngokuba yichayote, ephuma kwichayotli, ethi ngesiNahuatl ithetha umthi onameva.
En Guatemale y El Salvado iwhiskey
En Honduras ukhabe.
En Republic Dominican itayota.
En Kholambiya i-guatilla.
En Venezuela citron, papa del moro okanye cidra papa
En IBrazil kunye nePortugal chuchu okanye xuxú.
En EPeru Isikwashi saseTshayina okanye isikwashi saseChile.
En Chile lihlwempu utata.
En Argentina iitapile zomoya.
En Philippines Sayote.
Kwaye ngaphakathi España chayota okanye iitapile zaseTshayina.

Kodwa ... injani i-chayote?

Ewe kunjalo imifuno Ngokukodwa. Iziqhamo ezimile okwepere zihlala ziba phakathi kwe-7 kunye ne-20 cm ubude. Ngokucacileyo ubunzima bayo buvela malunga ne-300 g ukuya kwi-2 kilos. Ukukunika umbono, zihlala zikhulu kancinci kune-avocado.

Umbala wangaphandle uyahluka phakathi iithowuni ezityheli kunye nohlaza. Kwaye ngaphakathi kwempuphu kunombala ombala.

La Ukuqhuma kunzima Njengamathanga kwaye unameva ekufuneka ulumke ngawo. Inemingxunya enzulu okanye imibimbi.

Ndikholelwe ukuba xa ndiyivula ndiza kufumana umngxunya njengaxa uvula imelon okanye ithanga. Kodwa hayi, ingaphakathi alikho. Endaweni yokuba icompact kwaye ine ikhonkco oko kuza kakuhle kakhulu.

La umgubo uyinyama kwaye ifana kakhulu neetapile. Ndicinga ukuba kulapho ivela khona ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwaye kulula ukuyisebenzisa kwiindlela zokupheka ezahlukeneyo.

Kwiholide zam andikhange ndibone ukutyalwa kodwa koko ndikufundileyo kuyafana nezityalo zetumato okanye zepea. Oko kukuthi bangabo abakhweli, Njengamathanga, iivatala kunye neevatala, kodwa endaweni yokuba ziwashiye emhlabeni, ziyaziphakamisa ukuze zikhule zime nkqo.

Thenga ugcine

Emva kolu lonwabo lincinci lokutya ndaye ndaqaphela ukuba eSpain iyatyiwa nangona kuyinyani ukuba, okwangoku, ndiyibonile iivenkile ezikhethekileyo kwiimveliso zaseLatin American.

Njengesiqhelo, thenga ezo ziqwenga zine umthunzi ofanayo ngaphandle kokuncipha kwaye akukho mivimbo.

Kuyinto kakhulu kulula ukuthutha kuba, njengoko benditshilo, ngaphandle kuqweqwe lwayo lukhuni. Ke ngoku kufana nokuphatha amathanga amancinci.

Ngexesha le gcina Ichayotes kungcono ukuba ziphelele ngoko ke kuya kufuneka uzisuse engxoweni, uzicoce kwaye uzomise. Ngale ndlela ziyakukugcina efrijini kangangeentsuku ezili-10 ukuya kwezili-15.

IiChayotes zinokuthengwa ngesiqingatha, nangona kunzima ukusigcina ngale ndlela. Beka iphepha elifunxayo kwisitya esitywiniweyo, beka i-chayote ngaphezulu ngentlama echukumisa iphepha, uvale ngokuqinileyo ukunqanda igcwala kunye yigcine efrijini.

Xa uvulekile baya kukugcina iintsuku ezimbalwa kwaye ngokukhawuleza baya kuqala ukutshintsha umbala, ngenxa ye- igcwala, ke kuya kufuneka uzisebenzise zingadlulanga iintsuku ezi-5.

Igalelo lesondlo kunye neepropathi

Kukutya okunee-kcal ezingama-26 kuphela kwi-100 g, amaxabiso afana kakhulu ne-zucchini. Kungenxa yoko le nto ichayote ilungile kwi ukutya okunesondlo kwaye ikwavelisa imvakalelo yokuhlutha ngenxa yegalelo eliphezulu leecarbohydrate.

Igalelo lakho kwi amanqatha asezantsi kakhulu kwaye zizityebi kwifayibha yiyo loo nto zisetyenziswa kwiidlo zokulawula i-cholesterol.

Iqukethe iicarotenes kunye nevithamini C kwaye, njengoko sele uyazi, zinjalo iipropati ze-antioxidant alwa radicals simahla ukugcina umzimba wakho ukwimo efanelekileyo.

Ukusetyenziswa kwayo kubonelela ngeedosi eziphezulu ze potaziyamu ukukhuthaza ukhuseleko kumchamo kwaye ngenxa yoko kususwe iityhefu. Ngale ndlela iyakunceda kwizifo zomchamo, i-rheumatoid arthritis, i-osteoarthritis okanye igawuthi.

Eyona inomdla

Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo eyona nto inomdla kukuba yiyo ezoqoqosho kunye nezinto ezahlukeneyo yiyo loo nto ithandwa kangaka.

Es Kulula ukuyilungiselela kuba, ukuqala, inokuxotyulwa kwaye ityiwe iluhlaza ngokungathi yikhukhamba. Inokuphiswa okanye isuswe kwi-wok kunye neminye imifuno.

Nangona isetyenziswa kakhulu iphekiwe, ngale ndlela i iindlela zokupheka zesiko ezinje ngeesuphu, isancochos, isityu kunye nesityu esenziwe neminye imifuno kunye nenyama. Nangona iinguqu zemifuno kunye nevegan ziba nefashoni ngakumbi.

Ndizise le mizekelo mibini kwisutikheyisi yam ndaza ndayisebenzisa ukwenza ikrimu etyebileyo ngeembotyi nespinatshi. Kodwa ndishiywe ngumnqweno wokulungiselela iresiphi emnandi kunye nabo. Ngexesha elizayo xa ndibabona kwimarike ndiza kuzazisa ngokwam ukulungiselela Iibhisikidi, isonka esimnandi okanye ijam.

Kwaye, uyayazi ichayote? Sitshele ukuba uyilungiselela njani kwaye ukuba unayo iqhinga okanye iresiphi ekhethekileyo.