Mbeu dzeChia dzaimbozivikanwa nevakawanda veUnited States sechikamu chechipo chinonzi gag chipo, Chia Pet. Mbeu dzeChia dzakange dzichinyanya kukosha munharaunda dzaro dzeMexico neGuatamala kubva panguva yeCe-Columbian, uye vamwe vanofungidzira kuti zvakakosha kukohwa semuyo kune vaAztec. Izwi rokuti "chia" rinobva pashoko rechiNahuatl rokuti "chian", rinoreva "mafuta". Asi, apo vashandi vehutano vanoziva nezvehutano hwavo nekushandisa zvekugadzirira, yakarasikirwa nezita risina chimiro uye mbeu yechia ikozvino yakaitwa se "superfood".
Inowanikwa yakazara kana pasi, mbeu dzechia inowedzera kuwedzera kune kudya kwevgan, kushanda zvakanaka sekusimudza, zero rinotsiva, uye kungoita zvinyama zvinokonzera zvokudya zvakawanda, zvakadai sa soy or almond yogurt.
Mbeu dzeChia dzakawanda, dzakasviba, uye dzinofungidzirwa, dzinowanzova dzakasviba dzera, dzvuku, uye dzikafu. Dzimwe nguva mbeu dzichanyorwa maererano nemuvara wavo, sezvinowanikwa pamabhagi akanyorwa "chichena chia mbeu", kunyange zvazvo chero ruvara rungashandiswa zvakasiyana mukubika kana kuti kungoputika. Mbeu dzeChia dzinowanzowanikwa panzvimbo yako yehutano chekudya, yakasara mumunda wekudya wezvokudya zvechisikigo, iri muchikamu chikuru kana pedyo nedzimwe mbeu, dzakadai sefikisi.
Kuita kuti zvive nyore kutengesa mazai evha anoshandiswa kushandiswa pakusunga pamwe chete zvinhu zvakabikwa, zvakadai semakumbo, makiki, makeke nezvimwe, zvinoshandisa zvikamu zve ½ yepuniki pasi mbeu chia yakasanganiswa nemaspuni maviri emvura kuti aite "egg" imwechete. Iko pasi chia inosviba uye inogona kuwedzera tsvina yakasviba kusvika kumagumo ekugadzirwa kwezvinhu, asi zvinonongedzwa nyore nyore mumashizha anogadzirwa nechokoti.
Imwe nzira yakakura yekushandisa mbeu dzechia ndeyekuti vashandise kusunga "burger" patties uye vegan meatballs pamwechete, panzvimbo pezvokudya, zvinopa kukura kwakanaka kwezvokudya uye simba rakasungirirwa.
Mbeu yakasvibirira mbeu chia ndiyo yakanaka kushandisa, kana iripo. Iwe unogona nyore kukuya mbeu dzose dzechia uchishandisa spice grinder kana yakachena ikhofi grinder, kana unogona kutsvaga mbeu dzechi-prea pasi, kana chia kudya, inowanikwa kubva mumasarudzo akasarudzwa.
Ziva, zvakadaro, kuti chi-chia chisati chave chiine shoma-refu-upenyu kupfuura mbeu yose, uye inofanira kuchengetwa mumudziyo usina kudzivirira-zvakanyanya mufiriji.
Mbeu dzeChia dzinoshandawo sekuwedzera, kuwedzera kuwandisa kune smoothies, kupfeka saradi, uye kuvhara kana yakasanganiswa mumvura. Wedzera mbeu dzechia ku salads yako, oatmeal, kana ndiro yezvokudya zvechimwe chikamu chekuwedzera. Izvi zviduku zvishoma zvinowedzera kuwedzera kune kudya kwako, kuzvirumbidza kune zvakawanda zve fiber, protein, omega-3 s, uye kunyange calcium.