A cikin tsaunin Andes na Peru, akwai amfanin gona na musamman - masara blue. Wannan masarar ta bambanta da masarar rawaya ko fari da muke gani. Launinsa shuɗi ne mai haske, wanda ke da ban mamaki. Mutane da yawa suna sha'awar wannan masarar sihiri kuma suna tafiya zuwa Peru don gano asirinta.
Blue masara yana da tarihin fiye da shekaru 7,000 a Peru kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin amfanin gona na gargajiya na wayewar Inca. A da, ana ɗaukar masarar shuɗi a matsayin abinci mai tsarki kuma ana amfani da ita a lokuta na musamman kamar addinai da liyafa. A lokacin wayewar Inca, masara mai shuɗi har ma an ɗauke shi magani mai banmamaki.
Blue masara yana samun launinsa daga ɗaya daga cikin al'amuran halitta, wanda ake kira anthocyanins. Anthocyanins sune magungunan antioxidants masu ƙarfi na halitta waɗanda ba kawai taimakawa rage kumburi ba amma kuma suna taimakawa hana cututtuka da yawa, irin su cututtukan zuciya da ciwon daji. Saboda haka, masara blue ba kawai abinci mai dadi ba ne, har ma da abinci mai kyau.
Masara mai shuɗi na Peruvian ba masara ta gari ba ce. Ya samo asali ne daga nau'in asali da ake kira "kulli" (wanda ke nufin "masara mai launi" a cikin Quechua). Wannan iri-iri na asali na iya girma a cikin busassun yanayi a wurare masu tsayi, ƙananan yanayin zafi da tsayi mai tsayi. Saboda suna girma a cikin mawuyacin yanayi, waɗannan nau'in masara mai shuɗi suna dacewa sosai dangane da juriya na cututtuka da daidaitawa ga muhalli.
Yanzu, blue masara ya zama babban amfanin gona a Peru, wanda ba kawai samar da dadi abinci, amma kuma za a iya sanya a cikin daban-daban delicacies, kamar gargajiya Inca tortillas, masara sha, da dai sauransu Bugu da kari, blue masara ya kuma zama wani muhimmin fitar da kayayyaki na Peru, zuwa ko'ina cikin duniya da kuma samun karbuwa daga mutane da yawa.
Lokacin aikawa: Dec-28-2023
