'Omaomao Millet: Nutritional Value a me ke Ola Ola
ʻO ka millet ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Pearl Millets (Pennisetumglaucum) a i ʻole Bajra ma ka ʻōlelo Hindi, he mea kanu kahiko a ʻo ke ono o ka palaoa nui loa o ka honua. He millet nui ia i hoʻohana nui ʻia no kāna mau meaʻai a me nā pono olakino a puni ka honua. Ua mahi ʻia mai ka wā prehistoric ma ʻApelika a me ka ʻāina ʻo India. Loaʻa i ka Bajra/green millets nā pōmaikaʻi olakino. Ua ulu nui ia ma India ma Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, a me Uttar Pradesh. ʻO ka millet momi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, Bajra ma Hindi, Sajjalu ma Telugu, Sajje ma Kannada, Kambu ma Tamil, a ʻo Bajri ma Gujarati a me Marathi nā inoa āpau no ka millet ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Hoʻopili ʻia ka millet ʻōmaʻomaʻo i palaoa a hoʻohana ʻia e hana i ka berena, nā kuki, nā muffins, nā chapatis, a me nā kuki. He ʻano like kona ʻano me ka laiki ʻulaʻula, hiki ke moʻa like, a hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi i ka hana ʻana i ka palaoa pālahalaha. Ua kaulana kēia mea kanu lōʻihi i poina ʻia ma muli o ka nui o nā pono olakino a me nā ʻano mahiʻai maʻalahi. Hoʻopili ʻia ka palaoa ʻōmaʻomaʻo maloʻo i loko o ka palaoa mai ka ʻeleʻele ʻulaʻula a i ka hina a he ʻono ʻono. Hoʻohana mau ʻia ka palaoa millet ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka hoʻoilo no ka mea ua ʻike ʻia e pumehana ke kino.
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