Parsnip shuka (Latin Pastinaca sativa) shine shuka iri biyu daga cikin dangin seleri, tare da tushen kauri, karar ganyaye da ganyayyaki. Blossoms a cikin kananan furanni rawaya. An shuka ciyayi a cikin ƙasashe da yawa, amma Yankin Tsakiyar Turai, kazalika da Altai Territory da kuma Kudancin Urals, inda zaku iya samun ganyayyaki a cikin daji, ana ɗaukar kasarta. Shuka ba ta da ma'ana kuma tana da tsayayyar sanyi, wanda yake ɗanɗana bayanan shahararsa da ƙarni da yawa. Parsnip tushe, kuma wani lokacin ganye an dade ana amfani da shi a cikin dafuwa na kasashe daban-daban. Har zuwa lokacin da gano asalin Amurka ya wadatar da Turai da dankali, dabinon shine asalin tushen abinci a yawancin ƙasashen Turai. Wannan tsire-tsire da aka san shi ga tsohuwar Romawa, wanda ya shirya kayan zaki daga 'ya'yan itãcen marmari, zuma da tushen tushen parsnip, wanda ke da yaji mai daɗi, mai daɗin ɗanɗano, kadan kamar karas.
Sassaka shuka (Parsnip)Goldlocki
A cikin dafa abinci na zamani, ana amfani da parsnip a matsayin kayan yaji. Dried ƙasa tushen fasnip wani ɓangare ne na kayan yaji da yawa, amma ana amfani dashi daban, yana da cikakke don kayan lambu, miya. Wannan inji kuma ana amfani da shi sosai don canning.
Baya ga dandano mai ban sha'awa da halayen ƙanshi mai ban sha'awa, fasnip yana da kyan magani da kayan kariya. Ya ƙunshi ascorbic acid, mai yawa na potassium, carotene da mai mai mahimmanci. Amfani da parsnip a abinci yana taimakawa haɓaka tsarin narkewar abinci da jijiyoyin jini, haka kuma cire ruwa daga jiki. Bugu da kari, wannan shuka ta mamaye daya daga cikin manyan wurare tsakanin albarkatun tushe a cikin adadin karukan da suke cikin jiki mai saurin narkewa a ciki. Daga zamanin da, ana amfani da parsnip a matsayin kyakkyawan tonic.
Wani bayanin Botanical na Yakubu Sturm daga littafin "Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen", 1796
