Txawm yog muab tsoo thiab siv ua cov khoom qab zib, zom ua cov kua txob tshwj xeeb, lossis ntxiv rau hauv cov zaub xam lav, Aleppo kua txob muaj qhov chaw tshwj xeeb hauv ntiaj teb ua noj ua haus. Cog rau hauv lub nroog Aleppo (lossis Halab) sab qaum teb Syrian, cov kua txob no tau siv rau ntau pua xyoo los ua kom cov kebabs, stews, thiab cov kua ntses qab, ua rau cov zaub mov Syrian txawv ntawm lwm cov tais diav Middle Eastern.
"Cov zaub mov zoo tshaj plaws hauv Syria los ntawm Aleppo. Aleppo muaj ntau cov tais diav qab, tab sis muaj ib qho tshwj xeeb uas tsuas pom tau hauv Aleppo: kua txob kub," Ali Fakhrdeen, tus kws ua zaub mov ntawm lub tsev noj mov Qasr Halab tshiab hauv Sharjah, hais rau Gulfnews.com.
Cov kua txob ntsim no muab cov khoom noj txom ncauj thiab cov tais diav tseem ceeb hauv Middle Eastern, xws li nplooj txiv hmab ntim, kebabs, thiab cov nqaij qaib kib, ib qho saj Syrian tshwj xeeb. Ua kom tiav qhov saj Syrian, cov kua txob ntsim no (lossis shatahlabiya) muaj ob hom - ntsim thiab qab zib.
"Cov mov qhwv rau hauv nplooj txiv hmab tuaj yeem pom muaj nyob rau hauv ntau lub tebchaws Middle Eastern—Lebanon, Jordan, thiab Egypt. Tab sis hauv Aleppo, cov zaub mov no yog qhov tshwj xeeb vim tias nplooj txiv hmab tau ntim nrog cov kua txob qab zib thiab cov kua txiv hmab grenadine. Qhov no muab nws qhov qab zib tshwj xeeb uas koj yuav tsis pom qhov twg hauv Middle East, "Chef Fakhreddine hais.
Nyob rau xyoo tas los no, qhov cuam tshuam ntawm Aleppo chili peppers rau kev ua zaub mov thoob ntiaj teb tau raug kev txom nyem, ib yam li lub nroog nws tus kheej, feem ntau yog vim muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb hauv cheeb tsam. Thaum kev ua tsov rog ua rau thaj av ua liaj ua teb puas tsuaj, ntau tus neeg ua liaj ua teb raug yuam kom tsiv mus rau thaj chaw nyob ze, tab sis qhov saj tshwj xeeb ntawm Aleppo chili peppers tau raug khaws cia kom zoo. Cov noob tau raug nrhiav kom zoo, thiab tam sim no cov neeg nyiam txuj lom deb li California, Tebchaws Meskas, tab tom pib cog Aleppo chili peppers.
Qhov no yog vim tias cov kua txob feem ntau hloov kho rau ntau yam kev cog qoob loo thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Lawv yeej ib txwm yog tus phooj ywg ncaj ncees ntawm cov neeg taug kev thiab txawm tias siv ua txiaj. Los ntawm West Indies mus rau Tebchaws Europe, los ntawm Spain mus rau West Africa, cov kua txob muaj kev faib tawm thoob ntiaj teb, yooj yim sib xyaw nrog cov hom hauv zos. Yog li ntawd, cov kua txob Aleppo kuj muaj lub cim Aleppo sib txawv.
Cov noob ntawm cov kua txob no yog conical, ntev li 5 txog 10 centimeters, nrog rau daim tawv nqaij du, ci ntsa iab, thiab tuab. Nws muaj qhov ntsuas kub me me, kwv yees li 10,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Ua tsaug rau nws cov saj tshwj xeeb, uas sib xyaw ua ke qhov kub, qab zib, thiab cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo, Aleppo kua txob yog siv dav hauv Syrian cuisine.
Lub caij ua kua txob hauv Levant xaus rau thaum kawg ntawm lub caij ntuj sov thiab thaum ntxov ntawm lub caij nplooj zeeg. Thaum lub sijhawm no, txhua tsev neeg sau cov kua txob seem thiab ziab lawv - tsis yog tag nrho, tab sis tsuas yog rau qee qib - los ua kua txob liab.
"Nov yog cov kua ntses uas peb siv los ua cov kua ntses Muhammara—cov hmoov nplej zom, cov kua txob, roj txiv roj, thiab cumin. Tsuas yog plaub yam khoom xyaw xwb twb txaus los ua cov khoom noj txom ncauj no, vim cov kua txob yog qhov ua rau cov kua ntses Muhammara muaj saj tshwj xeeb," Chef Fakhreddine hais.
Aleppo yog ib lub nroog uas muaj neeg nyob qub tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, nyob ntawm txoj kev Silk Road. Kev khawb av archaeological nyob ntawd tau pib txij li thaum ntxov Bronze Age, kwv yees li 3000 BC.
Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias koj taug qab txoj kev loj hlob tsis ntev los no ntawm cov zaub mov Syrian, koj yuav pom tias nws cov saj tseem tsis tau hloov pauv. Kws ua zaub mov Fahrdin ntseeg tias qhov no yog vim tias cov zaub mov Syrian tsuas yog tsis tuaj yeem ua tiav hauv cov qauv tsis ib txwm muaj.
Nws hais tias: "Yog tias koj xav saj cov zaub mov Aleppo, koj yuav tsum ua noj nws siv cov txheej txheem ib txwm muaj, tsis yog cov uas tsis zoo li qub."
Nws tus npoj yaig, Hassan Obaid, yog ib tug kws ua zaub mov tiam thib peb hauv tsev neeg, tau pom zoo. Nws txiv ua haujlwm ua tus kws ua zaub mov ntawm lub tsev so loj hauv Aleppo, thiab nws tau kawm nws cov txuj ci ua zaub mov los ntawm nws txiv. Kws ua zaub mov Obaid ntseeg siab tias nws cov tub yuav txuas ntxiv cov kab lig kev cai ua zaub mov hauv tsev neeg, thiab tias tiam thib plaub yuav tau txais kev mob siab rau kev ua zaub mov.
"Raws li cov zaub mov nws tus kheej, koj yuav tsis pom muaj kev hloov pauv dab tsi. Qhov saj tseem tsis tau hloov pauv rau peb tiam neeg. Tab sis tam sim no, ua tsaug rau kev nce qib ntawm thev naus laus zis thiab kev hloov pauv loj heev hauv kev ua neej, peb tsuas yog hloov qhov kev nthuav qhia xwb. Tab sis qhov saj tseem zoo li qub, "Al-Obaid, tus kws ua zaub mov ntawm Casal Harab hais.
Yog vim li cas kebabs tam sim no raug tshuab zom es tsis yog txiav ua tej daim me me, thiab kev nthuav qhia tau dhau los ua niaj hnub dua. Tab sis qhov saj tseem zoo li qub. Lwm qhov piv txwv ntawm kev txhais lus niaj hnub ntawm cov tais diav ib txwm muaj yog kib halloumi cheese, ib qho khoom noj txom ncauj nrov hauv Middle East.
"Halomi cheese yeej ib txwm yog halomi cheese - nws cov saj tsis tau hloov pauv los ntawm kuv yawg lub sijhawm mus txog rau niaj hnub no. Tab sis kuv mam li nco dheev muaj lub tswv yim ntawm kev qhwv halomi cheese hauv kunafa (vermicelli) khob cij thiab tom qab ntawd kib nws. Txoj kev no, koj tuaj yeem paub txog qhov ntsev ntawm halomi cheese thiab qhov qab zib ntawm kunafa khob cij, "Chef Obaid hais.
Cov zaub mov Syrian txawv li cas ntawm cov zaub mov Iyiv lossis Lebanese? Raws li Chef Fahrdin, nws yog qhov tshwj xeeb "halal saj" uas ua rau cov zaub mov tshiab.
"Syrian kib kuj yog qhov tshwj xeeb, nrog rau qhov saj halab tshwj xeeb. Peb siv cov nqaij yaj minced, cov nplej zom tawg, pistachios, txiv ntseej walnuts, noob txiv lws suav, thiab cov txuj lom. Tau kawg, kuj muaj cov kua txob qab zib. Cov no yog cov khoom xyaw tseem ceeb hauv cov khoom sau, uas kuj tau npaj nrog dos thiab kua txiv lws suav," nws hais.
Cov kebabs kuj sib txawv; Aleppo kebabs siv nqaij ntau dua, ua rau lawv mos dua thiab mos dua. Kuj tseem muaj ntau hom sib txawv.
"Lawv yuav ntxiv roj ntau dua kom cov kebabs mos dua, nrog rau txiv ntoo. Kuv nyiam tshaj plaws yog Billa Mukasarata's kebab, uas yog ua los ntawm txiv ntoo thiab cheese hauv cov nqaij minced," nws hais ntxiv.
Rau cov neeg uas sim ua zaub mov Syrian thawj zaug, Chef Fahrdin qhia tias: "Pib nrog muhammara, tom qab ntawd kibbe thiab yaranga, thiab thaum kawg kebabs."
Yog tias koj tab tom nrhiav kev sim cov zaub mov Syrian, ntawm no yog daim ntawv qhia tshwj xeeb los ntawm Qasar Halab lub tsev noj mov sous-chef Hassan Al Obaid—nws txoj kev siv cheese kib haloumi tshwj xeeb.
• Qhwv peb daim halloumi cheese rau hauv cov khob cij kunafa thiab kib tob li plaub feeb.
• Kib za'atar tshiab nyias nyias thiab muab tso rau hauv ib lub phaj. Muab cov cheese haloumi kib rau saum thiab muab cov txiv ntseej dub txiav ua tej daim me me dai rau saum.
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