Isimiso sokudla kwekhukhamba sisekelwe ekukhukheni kwamakhukhamba amasha, okuyinto ezoba umkhiqizo oyinhloko wemenyu yalokhu kudla. Ngesikhathi sokudla, okuyiviki elilodwa, ungalahlekelwa yizilogram eziyisihlanu zesisindo esiningi. Futhi, ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa isisindo, ukudla kwekhukhamba kuzokusiza ukuba kusetshenziswe umonakalo. Ukusetshenziswa kwamakhukhamba amasha kuvuselela ukugaya, kusiza ukuhlanza umzimba we-toxin (sebenzisa i-diuretic, ngoba ikhukhamba ngamanzi amaphesenti angama-95) futhi ivuselela ukulinganisela kosawoti e-asidi emzimbeni. Ukhukhamba asetshenziselwa ukuhlanza isikhumba, okwathi ngemva kwalokho kubonakala ukubonakala okuhlanzekile futhi okunempilo.
Okusemqoka kokudla yi-leaching yezinto ezinobungozi emzimbeni, ngenxa yokuthi ikhukhamba iqukethe inani eliningi lamanzi.
Umthelela omkhulu wokudla kwekhukhamba ungazuzwa, uma nje udla kuze kube ngamakhilogremu amabili amakhukhamba amasha ngosuku. Kusuka kwamakhukhamba, ungenza isaladi igqoke ngamafutha yemifino (mhlawumbe umnqumo), noma ijusi lemon.
Uma usengakwazi ukudla amakhukhamba phakathi nesonto lonke, ungangezela imikhiqizo ethile yokudla ekudleni kwakho, isibonelo, ungadla isinkwa esingumnyama sekuseni. Ukudla kwasemini, inyama yenkukhu ebilisiwe (hhayi ngaphezu kuka-100 g), nesobho yemifino (kufika ku-150 g), futhi uma udla ungadla ilayisi elincane (200 g). Izithelo, ama-apula noma ama-orangesi kunconywa, kodwa hhayi ngaphezu kwezicucu ezimbili ngosuku.