Abincin Afro-Caribbean daga Costa Rica

Shekaru da yawa, Caribbean ta kasance wuri a cikin duniya inda mafi yawan bayin Afirka suka iso jiragen ruwan Turawa. Cuba, Haiti ko Puerto Rico wasu tsibirai ne da yawa inda ɓata gari da haɗuwa suka samo asali daga halayyar hulɗar tsakanin fararen fata da guga, wanda ke haifar da tasiri ga ɓangaren baƙar fata a al'adu da kuma cikin al'umma da kuma gastronomy .

Costa Rica har yanzu tana ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe mafi ƙarancin lura da tasirin Afirka kuma saboda wannan dalilin mun kawo muku nasara da menu na musamman wanda ya dogara da abincin Afro-Caribbean daga Costa Rica don lasa yatsun hannunka.

Daga mamayar da Amurkawa suka yiwa nahiyar Amurka a karni na XNUMX, raƙuman ruwan bayi da aka kawo daga Afirka ta Yamma (galibi daga Senegal, Gambiya, Ghana, Guinea ko Benin) fara ambaliyar Tekun Caribbean, kasancewar Costa Rica ɗayan wuraren da aka fi jin daɗin wannan tasirin.

An tura bayi bayi bakar fata zuwa Jamaica, Cuba ko Nicaragua, yayin da a Costa Rica yankunan ƙasar Amurka ta Tsakiya da suka ɗauki hayar yawancin ofan Afirka wasu kamar Guanacaste, a yankin arewa maso yamma, inda masara da gurasa suka fi yawa, ko gonakin koko na Matina. Koyaya, zai kasance a ƙarshen karni na XNUMX lokacin da rukuni na biyu na baƙi na Afirka za su zo tare da ƙasashen China da Indiya masu sanyi a cikin Caribbean a matsayin da'awar manyan ƙasashe bayan ƙauracewar bayi. A game da Costa Rica, baƙi suna cikin ɓangaren aikin Ferrocarril del Atlántico ko a ciki noman ayaba a cikin jihar Limón, yankin da ke da mafi girman al'adun Afro-Caribbean a duk Costa Rica.

Ayaba, shinkafa, kwakwa, wake. . . abubuwan da suka saba da yanayin yanki wanda bayan zuwan 'yan Afirka suka sami sabbin kaddarori da amfani a ɗakunan girki na ƙasar Costa Rica.

Kuma ɗayan ɗayan abubuwan ban sha'awa ne na gastronomy na ƙasashen Caribbean suna zaune a fuskoki daban daban waɗanda suka haɗa da abinci iri ɗaya, daga shiri zuwa samfuran. Wannan shine batun tasa da aka sani da gallo pinto, irin na Nicaragua da Costa Rica. Haɗin wake (gudummawar Amurka ta Tsakiya) da shinkafa (daga Sifaniyanci) amma an shirya shi cikin salon Afirka, tare da kayan yaji da yawa kuma anyi hidimomin karin kumallo. A hakikanin gaskiya, an yi imanin cewa wani nau'in wake da wasu kabilu ke amfani da shi a Ghana ana kiransa pinto, wanda ke haifar da asalin abincin da ke Caribbean a baya.

Bambancin gallo pinto zai kasance Wake wake, wasu hadin shinkafa da jajayen wake, amma anyi shi da madarar kwakwa. An dandana shi da gishiri, tafarnuwa, albasa, tattasai, barkono da barkono na Panama. Hakanan, tasa tana tare da koren salad, soyayyen yayan bishiyar da kyankyasai ko kifi cikin miya.

An sani kamar aure Zai zama wani bambancin da aka ɗauka azaman faranti mai launin shuɗi, ko ƙaramin ƙimar shawara mai haɗawa a cikin kowane menu na gidan abinci na yau da kullun. An shirya wannan hadin da kabeji ko kayan lambu na zamani da naman sa, naman alade ko kaza.

Dukansu wake'n shinkafa da gallo pinto yawanci ana tare dasu pati, wani nau'in burodi ne da aka toyashi da nama da kuma barkonon Panama.

Lardin Limón da gonakin ayaba ya kasance mazauna mestizo ne inda sabbin harsuna da al'adu suka fito, gami da manyan jita-jita na abubuwan da ake kira. Limonense kicin wanda a cikin sa manyan jaruman akwai ayaba da kifi.

Ayaba ta haifar da patacón, abincin da ya dogara da soyayyen koren plantain.

Game da kifi, rondón shine tauraron tauraro. Abincin teku da miyar kifi (musamman mackerel) tare da kwakwa da koren ayaba, wanda a Limón galibi ana tare da yucca da yam, mafi yawan abubuwan taɓa Afirka. Abincin da ya dace don tafiya tare da lemun tsami na musamman la'akari da wurin da muke.

A ƙarshe isa kayan zaki na Costa Rica, wanda ba zai kunyatar da hakori mai dadi ba. Daga cikin sinadaran da Tsarin Afro-Caribbean na Costa Rica asusun da muke da shi pambón, wani bun ne da aka samo daga gingerbread na Ingilishi tare da busasshiyar kwakwa, kayan yaji da kuma fruitsa fruitsan itacen zamani. Wannan girke girkin Jamaica ne suka kawo shi Costa Rica a cikin 1872.

Wani daga cikin kayan zaki na tauraruwa a wannan yankin sune plantintá, empanadas mai dadi cike da kwakwa da koren ayaba.

Kamar yadda kuke gani, abincin Costa Rican ya dogara da kayan masarufi da kasancewar tsoffin bayi waɗanda suka ba da jita-jita da ɗabi'a da aiki mai kyau. Duk wannan ba tare da mantawa da wasu al'adun da yawa waɗanda suka ba da gudummawar yashinsu zuwa ƙasar Amurka ta Tsakiya ba: daga Andalusia zuwa China, ta hanyar Indiya ko kabilun kafin-Columbian kansu waɗanda suka rigaya suka koya godiya da baiwar yanayi.

Ta wannan hanyar, 'yan asalin Kudancin Amurka, zuwan Turawan Turai da kuma raƙuman bayi da suka biyo baya sun tsara yanayin gastronomic a cikin Caribbean kamar a wasu yan wurare. Costa Rica shine ɗayan mafi kyaun jakadu na wannan gaskiyar ta hanyar ƙirƙirar ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin yankuna daban-daban na ƙasar waɗanda suka haifar da abinci na musamman, mai kerawa da ingantaccen duniya.