He aha ka ʻono "Mala" Sichuan?
Ua kaulana ka meaʻai Sichuan no kona mau ʻono wiwo ʻole a me nā ʻano ʻokoʻa, ʻo ka mea kaulana loa ʻo ia ka ʻono "ʻala". Hoʻohui kēia ʻono kū hoʻokahi i ka hoʻomāʻū (ma) a me ka ʻala (la), e hana ana i kahi ʻono ʻā a me ke ahi ma nā ʻono. Loaʻa ka manaʻo hoʻomāʻū mai nā hua pepa Sichuan, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻala mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pepa chili like ʻole. Ua kaulana ka ʻono ʻaʻole wale ma Kina akā ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me ka nui o ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka ʻike momona a hoʻomake o ka meaʻai ʻala.
ʻO kekahi o nā ala maʻamau e ʻike ai i nā ʻono ʻala ma o nā meaʻai māmā a me nā meaʻai maʻalahi. Ke lilo nei nā meaʻai māmā Sichuan i mea kaulana loa, e hāʻawi ana i nā kānaka i kahi ala maʻalahi a ʻono hoʻi e hauʻoli ai i kēia ʻono kū hoʻokahi. Mai nā ʻuala ʻuala ʻala a hiki i ka pipi ʻai ʻala, hāʻawi kēia mau meaʻai māmā i kahi ala wikiwiki a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻomāʻona ai i kou makemake no nā ʻono wiwo ʻole a wela o ka meaʻai Sichuan. Eia kekahi, ʻo nā kumu ipu wela, nā noodles a me nā meaʻai ʻala ʻē aʻe e ʻae i nā kānaka e hauʻoli i ka ʻono paʻakikī o ka meaʻai Sichuan me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomākaukau luhi.
Ma waho aʻe o nā meaʻai māmā a me nā meaʻai maʻalahi, loaʻa pinepine nā ʻono ʻala i nā huahana ʻiʻo a me nā mea ʻono. No ka laʻana, ʻo ka ipu wela ʻala Sichuan kahi kīʻaha punahele e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano ʻiʻo a me nā mea kanu i kuke ʻia i loko o kahi wai ʻala a me ka ʻala. Hoʻonui ka ʻono momona o Mala i ka ʻike ʻaina holoʻokoʻa, e lilo ia i mea punahele i waena o ka poʻe e hauʻoli nei i nā huakaʻi gastronomic wela. Eia kekahi, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā mea ʻono ʻala e like me ka ʻaila chili a me ka paʻakai peppercorn Sichuan e hoʻohui i nā manaʻo ʻala a me ka numbness i nā ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole, mai nā stir-fries a hiki i nā sopa.
Inā paha he meaʻai māmā, nā huahana ʻiʻo, nā meaʻai maʻalahi a i ʻole nā mea ʻono, hoʻomau nā ʻono ʻala i ka huki ʻana i nā mea aloha meaʻai a puni ka honua. ʻO kona hui kū hoʻokahi ʻana o nā mea ʻala e hana i kahi ʻike ʻono poina ʻole, e hoʻopaʻa ana i kona wahi ma ka ʻāina kuke honua.
