Mbatatisi chikafu chinodyiwa pasirese nekuti haina mutengo, unovaka muviri uye unokurumidza kukura. Mune ramangwana, kukosha kwayo kunotarisirwa kuve kwakatokura kupihwa kuwedzera kwemitengo yechikafu uye kudzikira kwezvinhu mupunga, gorosi uye chibage.
Iyi tuber (chikafu chinomera pasi penyika) chi sosi yakanaka yemakabhohaidhiretsi, protein, vitamini C, fiber uye potasium. Mazhinji ematapiri epasi rose akarimwa nekudyiwa muEurope neNorth America, asi izvo zvakazoshanduka mumashure ma60, Asia, Africa neSouth America payakatanga kuwedzeredza kugadzirwa kwayo.
Uye chaizvo kubva kukondinendi yekupedzisira, South America, kunobva mbatatisi, kunyanya kubva ku Andes makomo. Varimi mune izvo zvava kunzi Bolivia nePeru vakadzidza kudzora mbesa dzembatatisi zviuru zvemakore apfuura, vachipa chengetedzo yezvokudya kumarudzi eAndes.
Gare gare, muzana ramakore rechi XNUMX, Spanish vafambi Vakadzokera kumba nechikafu ichi uye kubva ipapo vakachiunza kune dzimwe nyika dzekuEurope, uko kunyangwe hazvo vaionekwa nekufungirwa pakutanga, zvakazogumisira zvambundirwa neruzhinji. MuIreland, semuenzaniso, mbatatisi yakabatsira kuponesa hupenyu hwevanhu vanopfuura mamirioni matatu panguva yenzara yezana ramakore rechiXNUMX.
Kubatsira kukuru kwembatatisi pane zvimwe zvekudya zvakakosha ndekwekuti inoda ivhu shoma uye inokura nekukurumidza (pakati pemazuva makumi mapfumbamwe nemakumi masere nemakumi masere) nemumamiriro akasimba. Uye zvakare, inogona kurimwa zvese pamwero wegungwa uye pakukwirira kwakakwirira uye kumatembiricha mazhinji akasiyana, ichiitendera kuti ikure pasirese pasirese. Pakati pezvakanyanya kukosha zvinodiwa ndeye inoda mvura yakawanda uye ivhu rakanyoroveswa. Zvakare, kusiyana nezvimwe zvirimwa zvemuriwo, mbatatisi inokura kubva kune imwe mbatatisi, ndosaka varimi vachifanira kusendeka huwandu hwakati hwerimwe tubers mwaka wega wega wekudyara gore rinouya.