Khuyini ukunambitheka kwe-Sichuan "Mala"?
Ukudla kwe-Sichuan kudume ngefleyiva yayo eqinileko kanye nobujamo bayo obuhlukileko, edumileko khulu yifleyiva "ebabayo". Ukunambitheka okuhlukileko kuhlanganisa ukuzwa ubuhlungu (ma) nokubabaza (la), okwenza bona kube nomuzwa wokuvuvuka nokuvuthako emathunjini wokunambitha. Umuzwa wokuzwa ubuhlungu uvela emaphepheni we-Sichuan, lokha ubumnandi buvela ekusetjenzisweni kwepelepele ehlukileko. Ifleyiva le ayithandwa khulu e-China kwaphela kodwana neentjhabatjhaba, abantu abanengi bafuna ukudla okunempayisi okunothileko nokurhugako.
Enye yeendlela ezijayelekileko zokuzwa ukunambitheka okubabako ngokusebenzisa ukudla okulula nokudla okulula. Ukudla okulula okubabayo kwe-Sichuan kuya ngokuya kuthandwa, kunikela abantu indlela elula nemnandi yokuthabela ukunambitheka okuhlukileko. Kusukela kuma-chips wamazambana ababayo ukuya enyama yenkomo ebabayo, ukudla okulula kunikela ngendlela ekhawulezako, elula yokwanelisa ukulangazelela kwakho ukunambitheka okuqinileko nokuvuthako kokudla kwe-Sichuan. Ukungezelela, ama-hot pot bases, ama-noodle nokunye ukudla okulula okubabayo kuvumela abantu bona bathabele ukunambitheka okuhlukahlukeneko kokudla kwe-Sichuan ngaphandle kokuzilungiselela okudinisako.
Ngaphezu kokudla okulula nokudla okulula, ukunambitheka okubabako nakho kuvamise ukutholakala emikhiqizweni yenyama neenongo. Ukwenza isibonelo, i-Sichuan spicy hot pot kukudla okuthandwako okufaka inyama nemifino ehlukileko ephekwe ngomhluzi obabayo nobabayo. Ifleyiva ecebileko, ecebileko ye-Mala ithuthukisa isipiliyoni sokudla, okwenza bona ibe yintandokazi hlangana nalabo abathanda ukudla okuvuthako. Phezu kwalokho, iinongo ezifana namafutha we-chili kanye netshwayi le-Sichuan peppercorn zingasetjenziselwa ukufaka iinzwa ezibabayo nezithobako eentweni ezihlukahlukeneko zokudla, ukusuka kuma-stir-fry ukuya kumasobho.
Kungakhathaliseki bona kukudla okulula, imikhiqizo yenyama, ukudla okulula nofana iinongo, ukunambitheka okubabako kuragela phambili nokudosa abathandi bokudla ephasini loke. Inhlanganisela yayo ehlukileko yezinto ezibabayo yenza isipiliyoni sokunambitheka esingalibalekiko, siqinisa indawo yayo emkhakheni wokupheka wephasi loke.
