Katos

Catatos abinci ne na gargajiya na ƙasar Angola wanda aka yi da soyayyen caterpillars da tafarnuwa. Ana yawan ba da ita akan shinkafa. Tashi na musamman ne na lardin Uíge a arewa maso yammacin Angola .

 Fage 
Cin kwarin wata tsohuwar al'ada ce ta ƴan asalin ƙasar a sassa da dama na duniya, ciki har da kudancin Afirka, saboda ƙimarsu mai gina jiki.   Yawancin kwari da ake ci, da suka haɗa da caterpillars da sauran tsutsa, ana cin su a lardin Uíge na ƙasar Angola inda suke taka rawar gani wajen cin abincin karkara.  name=":3"> Daga cikin waɗannan, tsutsotsin mopane ( Gonimbrasia belina ), nau'in caterpillar, ɗaya ne daga cikin nau'ikan da ake amfani da su.  Ana girbi kusan tsutsotsin mopane biliyan 9.5 duk shekara a kudancin Afirka.  Sauran nau'in caterpillar da ake ci a Angola sun haɗa da tsutsa na Imbrasia epimethea,  name=":4"> <i id="mwQQ">Imbrasia ertli</i> da Usta terpsichore .  name=":2">

Hanyoyin al'ada na tarawa da shirye-shirye sun bambanta dangane da nau'in. Sau da yawa ana aika yara don tattara su daga bishiyoyi, yayin da manya ke tara su a cikin gonaki. Wani lokaci, ana iya sare bishiyu a raba su don tattara magudanar a ciki. Ana wanke caterpillars a cikin ruwa, kuma ana iya cire hanyar narkewar su a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin tsaftacewa. Ana rera gashin masu kumburi, idan akwai.  name=":3">Lautenschläger, Thea; Neinhuis, Christoph; Monizi, Mawunu; Mandombe, José Lau; Förster, Anke; Henle, Thomas; Nuss, Matthias (2017-12-08). "Edible insects of Northern Angola". African Invertebrates. 58 (2): 55–82. doi:10.3897/afrinvertebr.58.21083. ISSN 2305-2562. Catatos, abincin gargajiya na Uíge, ana yin shi ta hanyar soya caterpillars da tafarnuwa. 

 Shiri 
Ana soya caterpillars tare da tafarnuwa. Za a iya ƙara wasu kayan abinci, irin su albasa, tumatir da barkono don dandana. Caterpillars suna ɗaukar nau'i mai laushi amma mai ɗanɗano,  name=":1"> kuma an kwatanta dandanonsu da prawns .  Yawancin lokaci ana ba da ita akan funge . Za a iya ƙara miya mai zafi . 

 Darajar abinci mai gina jiki 
Caterpillars suna da yawan furotin, bitamin da ma'adanai, ciki har da baƙin ƙarfe.  Wani bincike da aka buga a cikin 2017 ya gano cewa Imbrasia epimethea larvae yana da kwatankwacin adadin furotin zuwa tuna, kaza da naman sa, amma ƙananan matakan amino acid masu mahimmanci . Suna da wadata a cikin polyunsaturated fatty acids . Binciken ya kuma gano cewa girki bai yi tasiri sosai kan darajar sinadirai ba, wanda hakan ya sa su zama madadin naman gargajiya. Lautenschläger, Thea; Neinhuis, Christoph; Kikongo, Eduardo; Henle, Thomas; Förster, Anke (2017-05-01). "Impact of different preparations on the nutritional value of the edible caterpillar Imbrasia epimethea from northern Angola". European Food Research and Technology. 243 (5): 769–778. doi:10.1007/s00217-016-2791-0. ISSN 1438-2385. S2CID 88723134. Mopane caterpillars suna da 31 MG na baƙin ƙarfe da 100 MG na busassun nauyi, idan aka kwatanta da 6 MG na baƙin ƙarfe da 100 MG na busassun nauyi don naman sa. 

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