Mapira Obiriwira: Mtengo Wazakudya Komanso Ubwino Wathanzi
Mapira obiriwira, omwe amadziwikanso kuti Pearl Millets (Pennisetumglaucum) kapena Bajra mu Chihindi, ndi mbewu yomwe idalimidwa kalekale komanso mbewu yachisanu ndi chimodzi yofunika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi mapira akuluakulu omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pazakudya komanso thanzi labwino padziko lonse lapansi. Yakhala ikulimidwa kuyambira nthawi zakale ku Africa ndi Indian subcontinent. Mapira obiriwira a Bajra/green ali ndi maubwino odabwitsa azaumoyo. Amalimidwa ku India ku Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, ndi Uttar Pradesh. Pearl mapira mu Chingerezi, Bajra mu Chihindi, Sajjalu mu Telugu, Sajje mu Kannada, Kambu mu Tamil, ndi Bajri mu Gujarati ndi Marathi onse ndi mayina a mapira obiriwira. Mapira obiriwira amawapera ufa ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga buledi, makeke, ma muffin, chapati, ndi mabisiketi. Ili ndi mawonekedwe ofanana ndi a mpunga wa bulauni, imatha kuphikidwa mofananamo, ndipo imagwiritsidwanso ntchito popanga mikate yafulati. Chomera chomwe chidayiwalika kwa nthawi yayitali chatchuka posachedwa chifukwa cha mapindu ake ambiri azaumoyo komanso njira zosavuta zokulilira. Mbewu zouma zobiriwira za mapira zimasinthidwa kukhala ufa wosiyana kuchokera ku bulauni wopepuka mpaka wotuwira ndipo umakhala ndi kakomedwe ka mtedza. Ufa wa mapira wobiriwira umagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'nyengo yozizira chifukwa umadziwika kuti umatenthetsa thupi.
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