ʻO kaʻaiʻana i nā meaʻai maʻamau ka mea hikiʻole ke hoʻopilikia i kāu mau hoaaloha a me kouʻohana me kāu mau hanaʻaila China a me nā meaʻono maikaʻi loa. ʻAʻole ma muli o ka paʻakikī o ka paʻakai (ʻoiai paha he mea hiki ke hiki) akā no ka hikiʻole i kekahi mau meaʻai ke paʻakiki.
I ka wā aʻu i kākau ai i kaʻu pukeʻai kīhāpai nei, ua ho'āʻo wau e hoʻopuka i kaʻu mau mea a pau mai loko mai o UK nei akā aia nā meaʻai he nui aʻu e hoʻohana ai i nā meaʻai.
Akā, pehea kāu e hana ai? ʻAʻohe mua o ka hopohopo. ʻO nā kīʻaha honua a pau,ʻo kaʻai Haina kekahi o nā mea hana makamae i hānauʻia e ka pilikia a me keʻano. ʻO nā meaʻai he nui a mākou iʻike ai e pili ana i nā meaʻai Kina, e like me nā pepa chiliʻulaʻula,ʻaʻole he kamaaina maoli ia ma Kina, akā ua hāʻawiʻia e nā lāhui'ē aʻe. No laila, hiki ke maʻalahi i nā mea'ē aʻe.
Ma kaʻuʻoihana olaʻoihana aʻoihana i laila, nui nā manawa i hikiʻole ai iā mākou keʻaʻa i kekahi mau meaʻai i kekahi mau manawa. ʻO kēiaʻano kūlana e ulu ana ma nā meaʻai o ke Komohana a me nā haleʻaina. No laila he aha kāu e hana ai? ʻO kekahi o nā mea nui loa,ʻo ia ka "hoʻoponopono" i ka papa kuhikuhi a me ka meaʻai. Ināʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke paʻa i ka mea'alalaina Kina, maikaʻi. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka lauʻila a komohana aʻokiʻoki iā ia i nā'āpana like me he meaʻalani Haina.
Eia kekahi mau mea no ka hoʻololiʻana i nā meaʻai no nā meaʻai i hoʻohanaʻia i nā kīhāina Chinese.
ʻO Agar-agar
He mea kanu'enela Asia e noiʻole ai i ka hauʻoli. Ke ulu nei kēia mehana i ka mea nui i nā supermarkets o ka'āina. Akā ināʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hopu iā ia, e hoʻohana waleʻoe i ka gelatin.
Ka Pipiʻo Bamboo
He mea paʻakikī i ka paʻaʻana o nāʻohe hou i ka Uk Ukuliano. Ke kūʻai pinepine nei wau i nāʻoheʻohe hiki mai nā kumukūʻai Kina.
Hiki iāʻoe ke wehe i kahi hiki ke holoi a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i loko o ke kai anuanu a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i mua o ka kukeʻana.
Hiki keʻokoʻa keʻano o nā koheʻohe hiki ke komo i loko. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe makemake i nā koloʻohe hiki ke hoʻomoʻa i ka puaʻa, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā kāloti ma kahi o nā'ōpalaʻohe. Ināʻoe he mīnū e ho'āla ai i ka moa, ka puaʻa a me ka pipi a hiki i ka papaʻano nā'ōmole'ōpala, nā'ōmole hou e like me nā mea kanu, kāroti, kāpoki keʻokeʻo a me broccoli, e inoa wale nō.
ʻO Bok Choy
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻololi i ke kuʻi Swiss, ka broccoli he nui, broccoli, nā hua Haina (Kāpena Napa), kāpena puʻuwai'ōmaʻomaʻo paha, a me nā greens puna.
Pākēkīʻelima
Kau like ka kinamona, hōkū anise, cloves, fennel a me Szechuan peppercorn. Inā loaʻaʻole nā peppercorns Szechuan, e hoʻohana i nā peppercornsʻeleʻele honua. Inā makemakeʻoe iʻelima'ākena lūlū no ka lohiʻaiʻana i ka iʻa a laila hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana wale i 1 a 2 mau anise anise, nā lāʻau cinnamon a me nā cloves e pani i nā meaʻala.
Coconut Milk
E hoʻohana i ka waiū a pau i ka likeʻana, inā hiki me ka unuhi niu. No ka'ōmole niu, e pani i ka hapalua a me ka hapalua a iʻole ka pākī kaomi me kahi kōpae niu hiki ke hiki. I kēia mau lā me nāʻano'Āina a me ka Haina e loaʻa ana i ka mea nui aʻoi aku ke kaulana, e hiki iāʻoe ke huli i ka waiu niu i kāu kālepa nui o ka'āina a me ka Chinese paha.
ʻO ka mea hou
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka'ilina'ākau a iʻole nā'āpana kiʻi e pani ai i ka hōʻailona hou.
Kāpena Kāpena
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka mālalaʻeleʻele e pani i ka kālaki hou
Hoʻoukaʻo Hoisin
Kaulike ke ketchup a me nā molasses. Hiki nō hoʻi iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka mīkini lole momona e pani i ka loleʻaila.
ʻO Lotus Root Flour
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka palaoa o ka palaoa a iʻole ke kānā potato no ka hoʻololiʻana i ka palaoa pā
Oyster Sauce
Hiki iāʻoe ke pani i kahi mea soy saukana aiʻole soy sauce
ʻAla wainaʻo Rice Wine (Wine Wine Winegar)
Hiki iāʻoe ke pani hou ia me ka sherry winika a iʻole ka waina winika
ʻO ka hinu
1 punetēpu keʻokeʻo nā hulu sesame i'ōniʻia i loko o kaʻailaʻaila
Hoʻokena soy
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā keiki a Iapana e pani i ka lole soy
Hoʻokūʻau pipi
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka palaoa palaoa ma mua aʻe o ka mālō'alala. Hoʻomaopopoʻia ka maloo pīpī ma nā kālepa Kina ma ka Amazon
He mea kanuʻo Shiitake Mushroom
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻololi me nā hauhi hau'āhiu aiʻole nā hawī porcini maloʻo.
** Recipes of some popular Chinese sauces:
Chili Sauce
Peanut Dressing-Asian (i hanaʻia me ka waiʻu pīni a me ka waiu niu)
ʻO ka Peanut Sauce-me ka mint a me ka cilantro
Hoʻoponoponoʻia e Liv Wan