Prickly Pear - Cactus Fruit

ʻO kā Cactus a me kā lākou hua he hapa nui o ka meaʻai Mexican. Hoʻohanaʻia nā pads cactus ākea a pāʻani ("nopales") ma nā kīʻaha nuiʻo Mexica, e like me nā salama, nā hua, a me ka pihaʻana i nā meaʻai'ē aʻe. ʻO nā hua o ka cactus, i kapaʻia kekahi manawa "Prickly Pears" he meaʻono loa a hiki keʻaiʻia, kahi ponoʻole o ka mea kanu. Ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o kaʻiliʻana, hiki ke hele mai kahi meaʻono iki loa i ka mea'alakeke.

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  Kaʻikeʻana a me kaʻohiʻana i nā hua hua

  Hoʻouluʻia ka hua o Cactus i nāʻaoʻao o nā pāpale pālahalaha o ka cactus, a heʻanoʻano like. Hiki iā lākou ke komo i kaʻala mai ka'ōmaʻomaʻo (liʻiliʻi kaʻono) i kaʻulaʻula (ʻono) a me nāʻalaniʻoni ma waena. ʻO nā wahi liʻiliʻi āu eʻike nei ma luna o lākouʻaʻole he lāʻau kākalaioa, akā, ua uhiʻia i loko o nāʻeleʻele e like me nā lauoho lauoho likeʻole e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i kouʻili a heʻeha nui loa a he paʻakikī hoʻi eʻike. I ka wā e kiʻi ai i ka hua puaa hua prickly, ponoʻoe e pale i kou mau lima. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā mīkina limaʻeleʻele aiʻole ka lole kahiko i'ōwiliʻia i loko o kekahi mau papa. Ua hoʻohana au iʻeono mau wili pepa i kahi lōkahi a ua hana maikaʻi loa. E hoʻohana i nā mīkina lima aiʻole nāʻaʻahu e paʻa ai i ka hua, a humu mālie. ʻO nā hua'ōmaʻomaʻo e makemake i kaʻoi aku o ka paʻa aʻoi aku ka'ōwili, aʻo ka hua hua e pupuhi maikaʻi me ka liʻiliʻi loa. E kau i nā hua i loko o ka pola aiʻole ka hōkeo. Mai pā i ka hua me kou mau lima limaʻole.

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  Ka hoʻomākaukauʻana i ka hua hua

  ʻO ka mea mua, ponoʻoe e hōʻiliʻili i nāʻeleʻele e hiki ai iāʻoe ke mālama i ka hua. (Inā kūʻaiʻoe i ka hua mai ka hale kūʻai, pono e hoʻoneʻeʻia kēia mauʻeleʻele.) E hiki ke puhiʻia nā glokeds i kahi ahi wela. E hopu i kahi hua me nā'ākena'ālua a iʻole ke koʻokoʻo ma ka hope o ka pāpā. E hoʻololi i ka hua ma luna o ka lapalapa. I ka puhiʻiaʻana o nā'ōpū e lohe pahaʻoe i nā leo hoʻokani aʻike paha i nā mea huna e lele aku i ka hua. E hoʻomau a hiki i kaʻeleʻeleʻana o nā wahi a pau, e hōʻike ana i nāʻeleʻele. Mai poina i ka piʻi a me ka lalo o ka hua, no ka mea, ua maʻalahi nā kikowaena i laila.

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  Eʻokiʻoki i kaʻili o ka Cactus Fruit

  E ho omaka ma ke kahi o ka hapalua o ka 'īniha i hala o ka hopena o ka hua. A laila e lawe i kāu pahi a wili i kaʻili o ka hua i ka lōʻihi ma luna o ka piko, e like me kahi hapaha o ka'īniha i lalo i ka hua.

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  Laweʻia kaʻili mai ka Cactus Fruit

  E hoʻohana i kou mau manamana lima e huki i kaʻili i hope o ka hua. He lahilahi kaʻili ma waho, akā, he papa mānoanoa ma lalo iho i hele i waho. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kaʻili o kaʻili a waihoʻiaʻoe me ka paukū hua.

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  Ka lawelaweʻana i ka Parina Prickly

  I kēia manawa ua weheʻia kaʻili, hiki iāʻoe keʻoki i ka pua iʻoi aku ka'ōpala . ʻO ka'ōkō'ōpiopio he mauʻano liʻiliʻiʻano liʻiliʻiʻole ia e hikiʻole ai iāʻoe keʻai, akā, ua palekana lākou inā e makemakeʻoe. A iʻole hiki iāʻoe ke pale i ka hua a me nāʻanoʻano a kuha i nā hua. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka juicer a strainer paha e hoʻokaʻawale i nāʻanoʻano.

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