Ma nāʻoihana mahiʻai, ʻelima mau meaʻala (kahi iʻikeʻia he'alainaʻelima Haina)ʻo ia ka huiʻana o nā meaʻala likeʻole i hoʻohanaʻia ma ka kuke kukeʻo Kina a me Vietnamese.
ʻO hoʻokahi kumu ma hope o ka hanaʻana o nā meaʻala likeʻoleʻelima,ʻo ia ka manaʻo e hoʻokomo i nāʻonoʻalaʻelima o nā meaʻono, kawa, paʻakai,ʻawaʻawa a pungent. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻohe meaʻoluʻolu i loko o nā meaʻala likeʻoleʻelima. Eia nō hoʻi, ma nāʻoihana mahiʻai,ʻoʻoleʻa (aʻo ka meaʻono)ʻaʻole iʻikeʻia he kī i loko o kona pono pono'ī.
Akā,ʻo ke kumumanaʻo o nā meaʻalaʻelima e hoʻopili ana i ka pale o nā meaʻai nui, e like me kaʻike palekana o yin a yang.
ʻO kaʻalaniʻelima'āpanaʻeleʻele i hanaʻia i nā'ōmole o ka honua, ka huanamona, nāʻano fennel , ka aniani hōkū a me ka pepa Szechuan. Hoʻohanaʻia kēia no kahi hui pūʻana, aʻo nā meaʻalaʻeono e hoʻohana nuiʻia i ka hoʻoponoponoʻana.
ʻEono mau'āpana lūlū hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia no kaʻaiʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā moa, i nā marinades a i nā'āpala momona. ʻOiai he meaʻono a maikaʻi hoʻi, e hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia nā meaʻalaʻeono i nā meaʻono a me nā meaʻai.
Hiki iāʻoe ke hana i kāu mauʻalaniʻelimaʻelima ma ka hanaʻana i ka meaʻala maikaʻi iāʻoe i loko o ka mīhini grinder aiʻole ka mea kope. Akā,ʻaʻole i loaʻa ākea ka pepa Szechuan,ʻoiai e hiki ke loaʻa i nā hale kūʻai kūikawā kūikawā a me nā mākaʻi'Asakai. Eia kekahi, pono e hoʻopili muaʻia nā pepa Szechuan, kahi e hoʻonui ai i kahi papa i ka hana. Eia kekahi,ʻo ka nui o nā mea kūʻai e kūʻai aku ana i kaʻailaʻelima'alakea, no lailaʻaʻole pono e hana i kāu pono'ī, keʻoleʻoe e hoʻohana nui i ka mea.
ʻO ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai me nā'ōlaʻiʻelima keu,ʻo ia ka emiʻana o kona māmā i ka manawa e pau ai nā meaʻala. Pēlā e mālama ponoʻia ai nā meaʻalaʻelima (a me nā meaʻala a pau) i loko o ka pahu a me ka pale wela (ʻo ia hoʻi,ʻaʻole kokoke i ka umu).