I-Kumquat ne-limonquat yizona zithelo ezincane kunazo zonke ze-citrus futhi yizo kuphela i-rind yazo edlayo.. Ziyizithelo ezivela eMpumalanga ye-Asia ezikhuliswa kakhulu eJapan naseChina, yize eSpain sithola namasimu athile.
Yize ama-kumquat ne-limonquat atholakala unyaka wonke ezimakethe, isikhathi esihle sokuzithenga zombili ngekhwalithi yazo nangentengo yazo ezinyangeni zikaNovemba kuya kuFebhuwari.
Lezi zithelo ezisawolintshi zemifino zinesimo se-ovoid kanti uginindela wazo uhlukaniswe waba izingxenye ezingacishe zitholakale nezinye izimbewu. Isikhumba i-kumquat ne-limonquat bushelelezi, buthambile futhi buyacwebezela, empeleni sesithe iyadliwa. I- i-kumquat iwolintshi, kanti i-limonquat iphuzi. Zombili izithelo zinayo isikhumba esinokunambitheka okumuncu okumuncu ne-pulp ebabayo kancane, ngakho zinamakha kakhulu futhi zidliwa kalula.
Singabathola emakethe bengakhululekile noma benamathiselwe egatsheni labo nangamanye amaqabunga abo amancane aluhlaza. Kufanele sikhethe izingcezu eziqinile, ngaphandle kwamabala noma izigaxa nesikhumba esikhanyayo. Ama-Kumquats kanye nama-limonquats ayawohloka kalula ngenxa yesikhumba sawo esincanyana, esiguquguqukayo nesithenda. Ngaphandle kwefriji bayigcina cishe isonto.
Njengoba bacebe ngoshukela, banenani lamandla eliphakeme ngaphezudlwana kunezinye izithelo ezisawolintshi. Bacebile ku-vitamin C, i-folic acid namaminerali afana ne-potassium, i-magnesium ne-calcium. Ngokunjalo, bacebile kwezinye izinto ezibizwa nge-carotenoids, ezibhekele umbala wazo, owaziwa ngezakhi zawo zokulwa ne-antioxidant kanye nokunambitheka kwazo, njenge-malic, oxalic, tartaric kanye ne-citric acid, yona ethuthukisa ukusebenza kukavithamini C. Lezi zithelo nazo unayo inani elikhulu le-fiber.
Via: Umthengi
Isithombe: Ukudlablogga