Egusi

Egusi (nke a makwaara site na ọdịiche gụnyere egwusi, agusi, ohue, Ikpan, Ikon, agushi) bụ aha maka mkpụrụ protein jupụtara na protein nke ụfọdụ osisi cucurbitaceous (squash, melon, gourd), nke a na-eji mgbe a mịrị ya ma gwọọ ya dị ka isi ihe na nri West Africa.^[1]

Ndị ọchịchị ekwekọrịtaghị ma a na-eji okwu ahụ eme ihe nke ọma maka mkpụrụ nke colocynth, nke otu nnukwu mkpụrụ nke mmiri, ma ọ bụ n'ozuzu maka ndị nke osisi ọ bụla cucurbitaceous.^[2] Njirimara na ojiji nke mkpụrụ ndị a niile yiri n'ụzọ zuru oke. Mba ndị na-eto eto egusi gụnyere Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Nigeria, na Cameroon.^[2]

Ụdị nke egusi sitere na ya gụnyere Cucumeropsis mannii na Citrullus lanatus.^[3]

Ofe Egusi bụ ụdị ofe e ji mkpụrụ ala mee ka ọ sie ike ma bụrụ ihe a ma ama na West Africa, yana nnukwu ọdịiche dị n'ógbè.^[4] E wezụga mkpụrụ, mmiri, na mmanụ, ofe egusi na-enwekarị akwụkwọ nri, mmanụ nkwụ, akwụkwọ nri ndị ọzọ, ihe na-esi ísì ụtọ, na anụ. Akwụkwọ nri ndị a na-ejikarị eme ofe egusi gụnyere bitterleaf, pumpkin leaf, celosia na spinach. Nri ndị ọzọ na-agụnye tomato na okra. Ihe ndị a na-ahụkarị na-agụnye ose chili, yabasị, na agwa igurube. A na-ejikarị anụ ehi, ewu, azụ, shrimp, ma ọ bụ crayfish.

Na Naịjirịa, egusi bụ ihe a na-ahụkarị n'etiti ndị Yoruba ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ, ndị Efik, Ibibio na Annang ndịda ndịda Naijiria.^[5]

Na Ghana, a na-akpọkwa egusi akatoa ma ọ bụ agushi, dịka na Naịjirịa, A na'eji ya eme ofe na stew, na nke kachasị ewu ewu na palaver sauce.^[6]

Na ngwụcha afọ 1980, Gọọmentị Canada kwadoro ọrụ e bu n'obi ịmepụta igwe iji nyere ndị Cameroon aka ịkpụ mkpụrụ egusi.^[7] E mepụtara igwe na Naịjirịa iji kpochapụ egusi.^[8]

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  Efere nke yam a kụrụ akụ, na ofe egusi
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  Yam a gwakọtara agwakọta, na ofe egusi a na-etinye na azụ
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  Egusi na ofe akwụkwọ ilu
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  Egusi ntụ na lemon ntụ
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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.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} National Research Council (2006). "Egusi", Lost Crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables. National Academies Press, 158 (155–171). 
3. ↑ Blench (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655. 
4. ↑ Badiru, I. (2013). Isi Cookbook: Collection of Easy Nigerian Recipes. Bloomington: iUniverse. ISBN 9781475976717. 
5. ↑ How To Cook Egusi Soup Boiling Method | A Step By Step Guide. AndrewMackayMP.
6. ↑ Freda Muyambo, "Palaver Sauce Recipe", About food.
7. ↑ Projects in Cameroon. Archived from the original on 2014-11-27.
8. ↑ Shittu, S. K.. "Development and performance tests of a melon (egusi) seed shelling machine", Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, 2012.