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Display of Dates Fruit seen at market
Cover Buah kurma yang telah dipetik dan dikeringkan (Foto: Getty Images/Thanasis)

Buah kurma yang telah dipetik dan dikeringkan (Foto: Getty Images/Thanasis)

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Display of Dates Fruit seen at market
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Display of Dates Fruit seen at market

Kami menyelami sejarah dan nilai budaya buah kurma yang nampak biasa sahaja ini

Karton kurma muncul di seluruh rak pasar raya ketika kita menghampiri Ramadan, yang berlangsung tahun ini dari Mac 11 hingga April 9, 2024. Bulan ini biasanya menumpu kepada amalan berpuasa dari subuh hingga senja, dan kurma sering dimakan semasa berbuka puasa atau iftar, iaitu hidangan yang dimakan selepas matahari terbenam. Dengan perayaan yang akan datang tidak lama lagi, kami menerangkan lima fakta yang mungkin mengejutkan anda tentang buah ini.

Jika anda mencari cadangan tentang tempat berbuka puasa, kami juga telah mengumpulkan cadangan untuk pengalaman dan bufet Ramadan terbaik tahun ini.

Buah yang diusahakan yang tertua di dunia

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Farmers often place a protective bag around each date cluster to prevent damage by birds, small mammals, and insects.
Above Pokok kurma (Foto: Getty Images / Timothy Hearsum)

Pokok kurma (Foto: Getty Images / Timothy Hearsum)

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Farmers often place a protective bag around each date cluster to prevent damage by birds, small mammals, and insects.
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Farmers often place a protective bag around each date cluster to prevent damage by birds, small mammals, and insects.

Kurma Medjool dianggarkan telah dituai selama lebih 6,000 tahun dan oleh itu telah menjadi sumber makanan penting bagi manusia selama ini. Buah ini tumbuh dalam tandan di atas pokok yang menjulang tinggi yang yang merupakan tumbuhan asal rantau Timur Tengah.

Terdapat lebih 200 jenis yang berbeza

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Above Menuai kurma (Foto: Getty Images / Kevin Fleming)

Menuai kurma (Foto: Getty Images / Kevin Fleming)

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Walaupun hanya beberapa jenis sahaja yang terdapat di rak-rak kedai kita, sebenarnya terdapat lebih 200 jenis kurma yang wujud di muka bumi ini. Yang paling mahal ialah kurma Medjool kerana pengeluarannya yang mencabar dan memerlukan tenaga buruh yang intensif—ini kerana kurma jenis ini perlu dituai dengan tangan disebabkan karamel dan konsistensinya yang perlu dikawal rapi.

Ada apa pada nama?

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A dry fruit seller's shop in the locality of Jodia Bazaar, Karachi. The dry fruits are on very much demand during the winters and the shops are rushed by the customers during the season. JOADIA BAZAAR is one of the major wholesale market where almost everything of household and kitchens are available for sale to the customers. The small kiosk like shops run a business of hundred of thousands every day. It plays a very vital role into the economy of the city and provide opportunities of employment for thos
Above Segenggam kurma kering (Foto: Getty Images / Bashir Osman's Photography)

Segenggam kurma kering (Foto: Getty Images / Bashir Osman's Photography)

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A dry fruit seller's shop in the locality of Jodia Bazaar, Karachi. The dry fruits are on very much demand during the winters and the shops are rushed by the customers during the season. JOADIA BAZAAR is one of the major wholesale market where almost everything of household and kitchens are available for sale to the customers. The small kiosk like shops run a business of hundred of thousands every day. It plays a very vital role into the economy of the city and provide opportunities of employment for thos
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A dry fruit seller's shop in the locality of Jodia Bazaar, Karachi. The dry fruits are on very much demand during the winters and the shops are rushed by the customers during the season. JOADIA BAZAAR is one of the major wholesale market where almost everything of household and kitchens are available for sale to the customers. The small kiosk like shops run a business of hundred of thousands every day. It plays a very vital role into the economy of the city and provide opportunities of employment for thos

Nama buah ini dalam bahasa Inggeris–dates–berasal dari istilah Yunani daktylos , yang diterjemahkan kepada perkataan jari kerana dikatakan kurma menyerupai hujung jari.

Ia menandakan kekayaan

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Elevated view of some date fruits on a pink plate
Above Kurma juga mempunyai konotasi keagamaan (Foto: Getty Images / Javier Zayas Photography)

Kurma juga mempunyai konotasi keagamaan (Foto: Getty Images / Javier Zayas Photography)

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Elevated view of some date fruits on a pink plate
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Elevated view of some date fruits on a pink plate

Kurma adalah simbol kelimpahan dalam sejarah Islam dan mempunyai konotasi keagamaan dalam agama Kristian dan Islam. Nabi Muhammad (SAW) sering menikmati kurma ketika berbuka puasa, dan oleh itu, ia menjadi makanan ruji di meja makan seluruh dunia ketika berbuka puasa sepanjang Ramadan sehingga ke hari ini.

Tinggi gula, tapi rendah indeks glisemik

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Muslim Ramadan iftar family dinner. Flat-lay of people feasting over table with Middle East food. Dates, dolma, kebab, flatbread, pide, borek, sweet, salad, top view. Ramazan fasting Turkish cuisine
Above Jamuan berbuka puasa (Foto: Getty Images / Foxys_forest_manufacture)

Jamuan berbuka puasa (Foto: Getty Images / Foxys_forest_manufacture)

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Muslim Ramadan iftar family dinner. Flat-lay of people feasting over table with Middle East food. Dates, dolma, kebab, flatbread, pide, borek, sweet, salad, top view. Ramazan fasting Turkish cuisine
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Muslim Ramadan iftar family dinner. Flat-lay of people feasting over table with Middle East food. Dates, dolma, kebab, flatbread, pide, borek, sweet, salad, top view. Ramazan fasting Turkish cuisine

Buah ini secara semula jadi tinggi dengan gula, vitamin dan mineral dan sesuai untuk menambah tahap tenaga selepas seharian berpuasa. Ia juga mudah dihadam dan cepat berfungsi untuk mengurangkan keletihan. Disebabkan kandungan gula semulajadinya, kurma juga mempunyai indeks glisemik yang rendah.

This article was originally written in English by Katelyn Tan.

Artikel asal bahasa Inggeris ditulis oleh Katelyn Tan.

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