Egusi

Egusi
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Egusi (wanda kuma aka sani da bambance-bambancen da suka hada da egwusi, agusi, ohue, Ikpan, agushi) shine sunan nau’in ‘ya’yan itace masu wadatar furotin na wasu shuke-shuken cucurbitaceous (squash, kankana, gourd), wanda bayan an bushe da nika ana amfani da shi a matsayin babban sinadari. a cikin abincin yammacin Afirka.^[1]

Hukumomi ba su yarda ba ko an yi amfani da kalmar da kyau don tsaba na kolocynth, na wani nau'in kankana iri-iri na musamman, ko kuma gabaɗaya ga na kowane tsiro mai cucurbitaceous.^[2] Halaye da amfani da duk waɗannan tsaba suna kama da juna. Manyan kasashen da suka fi girma egusi sun kuma hada da Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Najeriya, da Kamaru.^[2]

Nau'o'in da aka samo egusi daga cikinsu sun haɗa da Cucumeropsis mannii da Citrullus lanatus.^[3]

↑ Rachel C. J. Massaquoi, "Groundnut, Egusi, Palm Oil, and Other Soups", in Foods of Sierra Leone and Other West African Countries: A Cookbook, AuthorHouse, 2011, p. 36.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 National Research Council (2006). "Egusi". Lost Crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables. National Academies Press. pp. 158 (155–171).
↑ Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655.

[1] Rachel C. J. Massaquoi, "Groundnut, Egusi, Palm Oil, and Other Soups", in Foods of Sierra Leone and Other West African Countries: A Cookbook, AuthorHouse, 2011, p. 36.

[nrc-2] 2.0 ^2.1 National Research Council (2006). "Egusi". Lost Crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables. National Academies Press. pp. 158 (155–171).

[AfricanPast-3] Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655.

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