Utamatisi
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Utamatisi (û-tà-má-tisi) isithelo|yisithelo so msobo we sithelo esibanzi iSolanum lycopersicum, esidliwayo, esiba bovu uma sesivuthiwe. Siyathamba siba noketshezi olumnandi ngaphakathi. Sisetshenziswa kakhulu ekuphekeni, noma sidliwe siluhlaza kumasaladi.
Utamatisi uwumthombo obalulekile we-umami flavour. Utamatisi udliwa ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene, uluhlaza noma uphekiwe, ngezitsha eziningi, amasoso, amasaladi neziphuzo. Ngenkathi utamatisi uyizithelo — zihlukaniswa ngezitshalo ngokuthi amajikijolo — zivame ukusetshenziswa njengesithako semifino noma isidlo eseceleni.
Izinhlobo eziningi zesitshalo setamatisi zitshalwa kabanzi ezindaweni ezifudumele emhlabeni jikelele, nezindawo zokugcina izithombo zivumela ukukhiqizwa kwamatamatisi kuzo zonke izinkathi zonyaka. Izitshalo zikatamatisi zivame ukukhula zibe amamitha ayi-1-3 (3-10 ft) ukuphakama. Yimivini enesiqu esibuthakathaka esishwabanayo futhi ngokujwayelekile sidinga ukwesekwa. Izitshalo zikatamatisi ezingapheli ziyizikhathi zokuhlala endaweni yazo, kepha ziyalinywa njengonyaka. (Ukunquma, noma isihlahla, izitshalo ziyiminyaka eyeka ukukhula endaweni ethile futhi ikhiqize isivuno ngasikhathi sinye. in) ububanzi.