Kusan kowa ya san masaniya da koko, musamman a lokacin da aka sake canzawa a cikin wani katako mai ban sha'awa - amma menene cacao? Kuma, mafi mahimmanci, menene cacao? Kawai ƙayyadaddun kalmomin, cacao da koko za a iya tunanin yadda za a iya rarraba su.
Cacao nebs sun girma a cikin shahararrun shekaru da suka wuce a cikin shafuwa na yau da kullum, kuma saboda kyakkyawan dalili: suna da dadi mai gina jiki kadan da ba kawai ƙara wani cakulan cakulan ga abinci ba amma har ma da crunch!
Zaku iya sayen cacaobs online, kuma su ma suna samuwa daga abinci mai yawa da shaguna na musamman. Har ma na gan su a sana'o'i masu sayarwa da yawa a kan Gabashin Gabas. Cacao Nibs suna da duk amfanin cin abinci mai cakulan, ba tare da kara sukari ba. Suna da tsayi a cikin fiber, furotin, da antioxidants, kuma sun ƙunshi sunadarai masu haɓaka yanayi da lipids wadanda suke sanya mashaya na cakulan cakulan don haka darn mai gamsarwa.
Cacao nibs suna sarrafawa sosai kuma suna samun daga koko ko maiya cacao (ainihin abincin nau'in) wanda ya fito ne daga itace na Theobroma (wanda aka fi sani da cacao ko itacen koko). Mutane sun ji dadin amfanin gonar itacen katako tun daga 1400 zuwa 1500 BC a Mesoamerica. Abubuwa daga tsoffin Aztecs sun nuna cewa abincin da aka sanya daga koko da aka cinye shi, amma ya bambanta da abincin da muke tunanin yau. Ana amfani da wake cacao a matsayin kudin waje a Mesoamerica, kafin zuwan Mutanen Espanya na Aztec Empire.
Cacao nebs ne kawai wani ɓangare na iri na cacao, ko wake, wanda aka girbe, fermented, dried, tsabtace, gasashe, fashe, sannan kuma ya cire daga harsashi. Wannan yana haifar da cacao nabs, wanda ke shirye su ji dadin kamar yadda yake, ko kuma sau da yawa ƙasa a cikin wani santsi mai laushi wanda aka sani da giya cakulan wani muhimmin sashi a cikin cakulan yin.
Don haka a yanzu da mun san abin da mugayen cacao, menene zamu iya yi da su?
- Yi amfani da cacao nibs a cikin jita-jita iri-iri, daga mai dadi ga savory.
- Ƙara wasu pizzazz zuwa kaatun kafiya ta ƙara teaspoon ko biyu na koko na naman koko don rubutun daɗa da cakulan cakulan.
- Saka 'yan tablespoons a cikin wani cakulan smoothie don yin shi fi chocolaty!
- Ƙirƙirar kayan zaki mai sauki ta wurin narke 1/2 kofin duhu cakulan kwakwalwan kwamfuta tare da 1/4 kofin gyada man shanu - Mix a cikin wani tablespoon na koko nibs kuma yada uwa a silicone mat. Chill na mintina 20 a cikin injin daskarewa don jin dadi!
- Ƙungiyoyi masu girma ne ga haɗin gine-gine na gida, granola, ko cin abinci kadai a matsayin abin da zai dace da cakulan cakulan lokacin da sha'awar ta buge.
- Sundae mafi kyawun ku ko kuma kullun tare da shafuka don ba su bunkasa kayan abinci.
- Sanya su a cikin dadi mai tumatir mai tsami da kuma bada izinin simmer. Da zarar an dafa shi, ka haɗa su a cikin wanzami har sai da santsi da amfani da su a matsayin taliya ko kuma enchilada sauce.