Ahakoa i kuruhia, i whakamahia hei mea kakara, i hurihia hei ranu tiri ahurei, i tāpirihia katoatia rānei ki ngā huamata, he tūranga motuhake tō te pepa Aleppo i roto i te ao tunu kai. I whakatipuria ki te tāone raki o Aleppo (Halab rānei) i Hiria, kua whakamahia tēnei pepa mō ngā rautau hei whakamānawa i ngā kebab, i ngā hupa, me ngā ranu, e wehewehe ana i te kai Hiria mai i ētahi atu rihi o te Rawhiti o Waenganui.
"Ko te kai tino pai rawa atu i Hiria i ahu mai i Aleppo. He maha ngā rihi reka o Aleppo, engari kotahi te mea motuhake ka kitea anake i Aleppo: te ranu tiri wera," te kōrero a Ali Fakhrdeen, te kaimahi tunu kai i te wharekai Qasr Halab hou i Sharjah, ki a Gulfnews.com.
Mā tēnei ranu tiri kakara ka hoatu he reka ahurei ki ngā kai reka o te Rawhiti o Waenganui me ngā rihi matua, pērā i ngā rau karepe kua whakakiia, ngā kebab, me ngā mītiporo parai. Hei tāpiri atu ki te reka o te Hiria, e rua ngā momo o tēnei ranu wera (shatahlabiya rānei)—he kakara me te reka.
"Ka kitea te raihi kua takaihia ki ngā rau karepe i ētahi whenua o te Rawhiti o Waenganui—Repanona, Horano, me Ihipa. Engari i Aleppo, he mea ahurei tēnei rihi nā te mea kua whakakīia ngā rau karepe ki te ranu tiri reka me te tirikara grenadine. Mā tēnei ka puta he reka ahurei e kore e kitea i hea atu i te Rawhiti o Waenganui," te kī a Chef Fakhreddine.
I ngā tau tata nei, kua pāngia te awe o ngā pepa tiri o Aleppo ki te kai o te ao, me te tāone tonu, nā te pakanga tonu i te rohe. I te whakangaromanga o ngā whenua ahuwhenua e te pakanga, he maha ngā kaimahi pāmu i akiakihia kia neke ki ngā rohe tata, engari kua tiakina pai te reka ahurei o ngā pepa tiri o Aleppo. Kua tino rapua ngā purapura, ā, inaianei kua tīmata ngā kaiwhaiwhai mea kakara tae noa ki California, USA, ki te whakatipu pepa tiri o Aleppo.
Nā te mea he rerekē te urutau o ngā pepa tiri ki ngā āhuatanga tipu rerekē o te ao. He hoa pono tonu rātou mō ngā kaihaerere, ā, i whakamahia hoki hei moni. Mai i te Hauāuru o Īnia ki Ūropi, mai i Pāniora ki Āwherika ki te Hauāuru, he whānui te horapa o ngā pepa tiri puta noa i te ao, ā, he ngāwari te whakaranu ki ngā momo o te rohe. Nō reira, he tohu motuhake anō hoki tō te pepa Aleppo ki Aleppo.
He kōniko ngā puku o tēnei pepa tiri, e 5 ki te 10 henimita te roa, he maeneene, he kanapa, he matotoru hoki te kiri. He tino ngawari te wera o tēnei pepa, tata ki te 10,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Nā tōna reka ahurei, e whakakotahi ana i te wera, te reka, me ngā kakara hua, e whakamahia whānuitia ana ngā pepa tiri o Aleppo i roto i ngā kai Hiria.
Ka mutu te wā tunu pepa tiri i Levant i te mutunga o te raumati me te tīmatanga o te ngahuru. I tēnei wā, ka kohia e ia whare ngā pepa tiri toenga ka whakamaroke - kāore i te tino maroke, engari kia iti noa iho - hei hanga ranu tiri whero.
"Koinei te ranu e whakamahia ana e mātou hei hanga i te ranu Muhammara—he paraoa pokepoke, he ranu tiri, he hinu oriwa, me te kūmene. E whā noa ngā kai e ranea ana hei hanga i tēnei kai reka, nā te mea ko te ranu tiri te mea e homai ana te reka ahurei ki te ranu Muhammara," te kī a Chef Fakhreddine.
Ko Aleppo tētahi o ngā tāone tawhito rawa atu o te ao e nohoia ana, kei te taha o te Huarahi Hiraka. Ko ngā kerihanga whaipara tangata i reira i ahu mai i te Wā Parahi o Mua, tata ki te 3000 BC.
Heoi, ki te whai koe i te whanaketanga o te kai Hiria i ēnei rā tata nei, ka kite koe kāore anō kia rerekē te reka. E whakapono ana a Chef Fahrdin nā te mea kāore e taea te whakarite i ngā kai Hiria i ngā huarahi rerekē.
I mea ia: "Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakamātau i te kai o Aleppo, me tunu e koe mā te whakamahi i ngā tikanga tuku iho, kaua ki ngā tikanga rerekē."
I whakaae tana hoa mahi, a Hassan Obaid, he kaitao tunu kai o te whakatupuranga tuatoru o te whānau. I mahi tōna matua hei kaitao tunu kai i tētahi hōtēra nui i Aleppo, ā, i ako ia i ana pūkenga tunu kai i tōna matua. E whakapono ana a Chef Obaid ka mau tonu i āna tama ngā tikanga tunu kai a te whānau, ā, ka riro i te whakatupuranga tuawhā te hihiri ki te tunu kai.
"Mō te kai tonu, kāore koe e kite i tētahi huringa. E toru ngā whakatipuranga e kore e rerekē te reka. Engari ināianei, nā te whanaketanga hangarau me te panonitanga nui o te āhua noho, ko te āhua anake i rerekē. Engari kei te mau tonu te reka," te kī a Al-Obaid, he kaimahi tunu kai i Casal Harab.
Koia te take e hurihia ai ngā kebab mā te mīhini, kaua e tapatapahia kia ririki noa iho, ā, kua hou ake te āhua o te kai. Engari kei te mau tonu te reka. Ko tētahi atu tauira o te whakamaoritanga hou o tētahi rihi tuku iho ko te tiihi halloumi parai, he kai reka rongonui i te Middle East.
"Ko te tīhi halomi he tīhi halomi tonu—kāore tōna reka i rerekē mai i te wā o tōku koroua ki tēnei rā. Engari i puta ake te whakaaro ki ahau kia takaihia te tīhi halomi ki te paraoa kunafa (vermicelli) kātahi ka parai. Mā tēnei, ka taea e koe te wheako i te tote o te tīhi halomi me te reka o te paraoa kunafa i te wā kotahi," te kī a Chef Obaid.
He aha te rerekētanga o te kai Hiria i te kai o Ihipa, o Repanona rānei? E ai ki te kai tunu kai a Fahrdin, ko te "reka halal" ahurei te mea e hou ai ngā kai.
"He ahurei anō hoki te kib Hiriani, he kakara halab motuhake tōna. Ka whakamahia e mātou te reme tapatapahi, te witi pakaru, ngā pistachios, ngā nati wōnati, ngā purapura pamekaranete, me ngā mea kakara. Heoi anō, kei reira anō te ranu tiri reka. Koinei ngā kai matua o te whakakī, he mea hanga anō hoki ki te riki me te tirikara pamekaranete," tana kī.
He rerekē anō hoki ngā kebab; he nui ake te mīti e whakamahia ana e ngā kebab o Aleppo, ā, ka ngawari ake, ka ngawari ake. He maha atu anō ngā momo.
"Ka tāpirihia he ngako kia ngawari ake ai ngā kebab, me ngā nati hoki. Ko tāku tino pai ko te kebab a Billa Mukasarata, he mea hanga ki ngā nati me te tiihi i roto i te mīti tapatapahi," tāna tāpiri.
Mō te hunga e whakamātau ana i ngā kai Hīria mō te wā tuatahi, e kī ana a Chef Fahrdin: "Tīmata ki te muhammara, kātahi ki te kibbe me te yaranga, ā, i te mutunga ko ngā kebab."
Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakamātau i te kai Hiria, anei tētahi tunu motuhake mai i te sous-chef o te wharekai Qasar Halab, a Hassan Al Obaid—tēnei momo ahurei o te tiihi haloumi parai.
• Tākaihia kia toru ngā poro tīhi halloumi ki roto i te paraoa kunafa ka parai mō te whā meneti pea.
• Paraia motuhaketia te za'atar hou, ka whakatakoto ki runga i tētahi pereti. Taupokina ki te tiihi haloumi parai, ka whakapaipai ki ngā oriwa pango tapatapahi.
Wā tuku: Hakihea-31-2025