ʻO ka mea kanu kupaianaha loa i ka honua - Peruvian blue corn

Ma nā mauna ʻo Andes o Peru, aia kahi mea kanu kūʻokoʻa - ka kulina uliuli.He ʻokoʻa kēia kulina mai ka kulina melemele a keʻokeʻo paha a mākou e ʻike mau ai.He uliuli kona waihoʻoluʻu, he mea kū hoʻokahi.Nui ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i kēia kulina kupua a hele i Peru e ʻike i kāna mau mea huna.

He mōʻaukala ʻo ka palaoa ʻulaʻula ma mua o 7,000 mau makahiki ma Peru a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kanu kuʻuna o ka moʻomeheu Inca.I ka wā ma mua, ua manaʻo ʻia ke kulina uliuli he meaʻai kapu a hoʻohana ʻia i nā manawa kūikawā e like me nā hoʻomana a me nā ʻahaʻaina.I ka wā Inca civilization, ua manaʻo ʻia ka kulina uliuli he lāʻau lapaʻau kupanaha.

Loaʻa i ka kulina uliuli kona kala mai kekahi o kona mau puaʻa maoli, i kapa ʻia he anthocyanins.ʻO nā Anthocyanins nā antioxidants kūlohelohe maoli ʻaʻole wale e kōkua i ka hoʻēmi ʻana akā kōkua pū kekahi i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi he nui, e like me ka maʻi puʻuwai a me ka maʻi kanesa.No laila, ʻaʻole he meaʻai ʻono wale ke kulina uliuli, akā he meaʻai maikaʻi loa.

ʻAʻole ʻo ka kulina uliuli Peruvian ka kulina maʻamau.Ua ulu ia mai kahi ʻano ʻano like ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo "kulli" (ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo "corn colored" ma Quechua).Hiki ke ulu kēia ʻano kumu ma nā piʻi maloʻo i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.Ma muli o ko lākou ulu ʻana i nā kūlana paʻakikī, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia kēia mau ʻano kulina polū ma ke ʻano o ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaiapuni.

I kēia manawa, ua lilo ka kulina uliuli i mea kanu nui ma Peru, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohua wale i ka meaʻai ʻono, akā hiki ke hana ʻia i loko o nā mea ʻono like ʻole, e like me nā tortillas Inca kahiko, nā mea inu kulina, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ka waiwai o Peru, e hele ana i na wahi a pau o ka honua a e hookipa ia ana e na kanaka he nui aku.