Inā paha i kuʻi ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia e like me ka mea ʻala, i wili ʻia i loko o kahi mea ʻala chili kū hoʻokahi, a i ʻole i hoʻohui ʻia i nā salakeke, he wahi kūikawā ko ka pepa Aleppo ma ka honua kuke. Ua ulu ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Aleppo (a i ʻole Halab) ma ka ʻākau o Suria, ua hoʻohana ʻia kēia pepa no nā kenekulia e ʻono i nā kebab, nā stews, a me nā mea ʻala, e hoʻokaʻawale ana i ka meaʻai Suria mai nā kīʻaha Hikina Waena ʻē aʻe.
"ʻO ka meaʻai maikaʻi loa ma Suria mai Aleppo mai. He nui nā kīʻaha ʻono ma Aleppo, akā hoʻokahi mea kūikawā i loaʻa wale ma Aleppo: ka mea ʻala chili wela," wahi a Ali Fakhrdeen, ke kuke ma ka hale ʻaina ʻo Qasr Halab i wehe hou ʻia ma Sharjah, i haʻi aku iā Gulfnews.com.
Hāʻawi kēia mea ʻono chili ʻala i nā meaʻai hoʻomaka kaulana o ka Hikina Waena a me nā kīʻaha nui, e like me nā lau waina i hoʻopiha ʻia, nā kebab, a me nā ʻiʻo palai, i kahi ʻono kū hoʻokahi ma Suria. Ke hoʻokō nei i ka ʻono Suria, hele mai kēia mea ʻono wela (a i ʻole shatahlabiya) i ʻelua ʻano—ʻono a me ka ʻono.
"Hiki ke loaʻa ka laiki i wahī ʻia i loko o nā lau hua waina ma kekahi mau ʻāina Hikina Waena—Lebanona, Ioredane, a me ʻAigupita. Akā ma Aleppo, he mea kū hoʻokahi kēia kīʻaha no ka mea ua hoʻopiha ʻia nā lau hua waina me ka mea ʻono chili ʻono a me ka syrup grenadine. Hāʻawi kēia iā ia i kahi ʻono kū hoʻokahi āu e ʻike ʻole ai ma kahi ʻē aʻe ma ka Hikina Waena," wahi a Chef Fakhreddine.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua pilikia ka mana o nā pepa chili Aleppo i ka gastronomy honua, e like me ke kūlanakauhale ponoʻī, ma muli o ke kaua e hoʻomau nei ma ka ʻāina. I ka luku ʻana o ke kaua i nā ʻāina mahiʻai, ua koi ʻia nā mahiʻai he nui e neʻe i nā wahi e pili ana, akā ua mālama pono ʻia ka ʻono kū hoʻokahi o nā pepa chili Aleppo. Ua ʻimi pono ʻia nā hua, a i kēia manawa ke hoʻomaka nei nā mea aloha mea ʻala e like me Kaleponi, USA, e ulu i nā pepa chili Aleppo.
ʻO kēia no ka mea, he mea maʻamau ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā pepa chili i nā ʻano ulu like ʻole a puni ka honua. He hoa kūpaʻa mau lākou no ka poʻe huakaʻi a ua hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi ma ke ʻano he kālā. Mai West Indies a i ʻEulopa, mai Sepania a i ʻApelika Komohana, he laha honua nā pepa chili, e maʻalahi ana ke hoʻohui pū me nā ʻano kūloko. No laila, loaʻa pū i ka pepa Aleppo kahi hōʻailona Aleppo ʻokoʻa.
He ʻano conical nā ʻōpuʻu o kēia pepa chili, he 5 a 10 kenimika ka lōʻihi, me ka ʻili laumania, ʻālohilohi, a mānoanoa. He ʻano wela iki kona, ma kahi o 10,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Mahalo i kona ʻono kū hoʻokahi, ka mea e hoʻohui pū ai i ka wela, ka ʻono, a me nā ʻono huaʻai, hoʻohana nui ʻia nā pepa chili Aleppo i ka meaʻai Suria.
Hoʻopau ka manawa pepa chili ma Levant i ka hopena o ke kauwela a me ka hoʻomaka o ka hāʻule. I loko o kēia manawa, hōʻiliʻili kēlā me kēia ʻohana i nā pepa chili keu a hoʻomaloʻo iā lākou—ʻaʻole piha loa, akā i kahi pae wale nō—e hana i ka mea ʻala chili ʻulaʻula.
"ʻO kēia ka mea ʻono a mākou e hoʻohana ai e hana i ka mea ʻono Muhammara—nā ʻōpala berena, ka mea ʻono chili, ka ʻaila ʻoliva, a me ke kumina. ʻEhā wale nō mea hoʻohui e lawa ai e hana i kēia meaʻai hoʻomaka, no ka mea, ʻo ka mea ʻono chili ka mea e hāʻawi ai i ka mea ʻono Muhammara i kona ʻono kū hoʻokahi," wahi a Chef Fakhreddine.
ʻO Aleppo kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale noho kahiko loa o ka honua, aia ma ke Alanui Silika. Ua hoʻi nā ʻeli ʻana o nā mea kālaihonua ma laila i ka Early Bronze Age, ma kahi o 3000 BC.
Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻoe e hahai i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o ka meaʻai Suria, e ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole i loli kona ʻano ʻono. Manaʻo ʻo Chef Fahrdin ʻo kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomākaukau ʻia nā kīʻaha Suria ma nā ʻano kuʻuna ʻole.
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: “Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻono i ka meaʻai Aleppo, pono ʻoe e kuke ia mea me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano kuʻuna, ʻaʻole nā mea maʻamau ʻole.”
Ua ʻae pū kāna hoa hana, ʻo Hassan Obaid, he kuke hanauna ʻekolu o ka ʻohana. Ua hana kona makuakāne ma ke ʻano he kuke ma kahi hōkele nui ma Aleppo, a ua aʻo ʻo ia i kāna mau mākau kuke mai kona makuakāne mai. Ua hilinaʻi ʻo Chef Obaid e hoʻomau kāna mau keikikāne i nā kuʻuna kuke ʻohana, a e hoʻoilina ka hanauna ʻehā i ka makemake no ka kuke ʻana.
"No ka meaʻai ponoʻī, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi loli. Ua mau ka ʻono no ʻekolu hanauna. Akā i kēia manawa, mahalo i ka holomua o ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻololi nui ʻana i ke ʻano o ka nohona, ua hoʻololi wale mākou i ka hōʻike ʻana. Akā ua mau ka ʻono," wahi a Al-Obaid, sous chef ma Casal Harab.
ʻO ia ke kumu i wili ʻia ai nā kebabs e ka mīkini ma mua o ka ʻoki ʻia ʻana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi maʻamau, a ua lilo ke ʻano o ka hōʻike ʻana i mea hou. Akā, ua mau ka ʻono. ʻO kekahi laʻana o ka wehewehe hou ʻana o kahi kīʻaha kuʻuna, ʻo ia ka tīhi halloumi palai, kahi meaʻai hoʻomaka kaulana ma ka Hikina Waena.
"ʻO ka tīhi Halomi he tīhi halomi mau ia—ʻaʻole i loli kona ʻono mai ka wā o koʻu kupuna kāne a hiki i kēia lā. Akā ua loaʻa koke iaʻu ka manaʻo e kāʻei i ka tīhi halomi i loko o ka palaoa kunafa (vermicelli) a laila palai. Ma kēia ʻano, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka paʻakai o ka tīhi halomi a me ka ʻono o ka palaoa kunafa i ka manawa like," wahi a Chef Obaid.
Pehea ka ʻokoʻa o ka meaʻai Suria mai ko ʻAigupita a me Lebanona? Wahi a Chef Fahrdin, ʻo ka "ʻono halal" kū hoʻokahi e hāʻawi ai i nā kīʻaha i ko lākou hou.
"He mea kū hoʻokahi nō hoʻi ke kib Suria, me kahi ʻono halab kūikawā. Hoʻohana mākou i ke keiki hipa i wili ʻia, ka palaoa i wāwahi ʻia, nā pistachios, nā walnuts, nā hua pomegerane, a me nā mea ʻala. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia pū kekahi mea ʻono chili ʻono. ʻO kēia nā mea nui i ka hoʻopiha, kahi i hoʻomākaukau ʻia me nā ʻaka a me ka syrup pomegerane," wahi āna.
ʻOkoʻa nō hoʻi nā kebab; Hoʻohana nā kebab Aleppo i ka ʻiʻo hou aku, e hoʻomālielie a palupalu hoʻi. Aia kekahi mau ʻano like ʻole.
"E hoʻohui lākou i ka momona hou aʻe e palupalu ai nā kebab, a me nā nati. ʻO kaʻu punahele pilikino ʻo ke kebab a Billa Mukasarata, i hana ʻia me nā nati a me ka tīhi i loko o ka ʻiʻo i wili ʻia," wahi āna.
No ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei i ka meaʻai Suria no ka manawa mua, ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻo Chef Fahrdin: "E hoʻomaka me ka muhammara, a laila kibbe a me yaranga, a ma hope loa nā kebabs."
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi ana e hoʻāʻo i ka meaʻai Suria, eia kahi meaʻai kūikawā mai ka sous-chef o ka hale ʻaina ʻo Qasar Halab ʻo Hassan Al Obaid—kona ʻano kū hoʻokahi no ka tīhi haloumi palai.
• E ʻōwili i ʻekolu ʻāpana tīhi halloumi i loko o ka palaoa kunafa a palai hohonu no kahi o ʻehā mau minuke.
• E hoʻomoʻa ʻokoʻa i ka zaʻatar hou a hoʻonohonoho ma luna o kahi pā. E kau i ka tīhi haloumi palai ma luna a hoʻonani me nā ʻoliva ʻeleʻele i ʻokiʻoki ʻia.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-31-2025