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Egusi, the Glossary

Egusi (Yoruba) (also known as agusi, egwusi, ohue, Ikpan, Ikon, agushi or mbíka) is the name for the protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous plants (squash, melon, gourd), which, after being dried and ground, are used as a major ingredient in West African cuisine.^[1]

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African soups
Igbo cuisine
Melon production
Yoruba cuisine

Beef

Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (Bos taurus).

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Bell pepper

The bell pepper (also known as sweet pepper, pepper, capsicum or in some places, mangoes) is the fruit of plants in the Grossum Group of the species Capsicum annuum.

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Benin

Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa.

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Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.

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Celosia

Celosia is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.

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Chili pepper

Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli, are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency.

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Citrullus colocynthis

Citrullus colocynthis, with many common names including Abu Jahl's melon, (native name in Turkey) colocynth, bitter apple, bitter cucumber, egusi, vine of Sodom, or wild gourd, is a poisonous desert viny plant native to the Mediterranean Basin and West Asia, especially the Levant,Lloyd, J. U., & Cincinnati, O. Egusi and Citrullus colocynthis are edible nuts and seeds.

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Crayfish

Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters.

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Cucurbita

gourd is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica.

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Cucurbitaceae

The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in 101 genera.

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Egusi sauce

Egusi sauce or Egusi Soup, traditionally Egusi or Obe Egusi in Yoruba, is a culinary sauce prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient. Egusi and egusi sauce are african soups.

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Fish as food

Many species of fish are caught by humans and consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Gnetum africanum

Gnetum africanum (eru or African jointfir) is a vine gymnosperm species found natively throughout tropical Africa.

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Goat meat

Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat (Capra hircus).

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Gourd

Gourds include the fruits of some flowering plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, particularly Cucurbita and Lagenaria.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.

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Leaf vegetable

Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots.

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Linoleic acid

Linoleic acid (LA) is an organic compound with the formula.

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List of African dishes

There is a list of dishes found in African cuisine, a generalized term collectively referring to the cuisines of Africa.

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List of melon dishes

This is a list of melon dishes and foods that use melon as a primary ingredient.

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List of stews

This is a list of notable stews.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Meat

Meat is animal tissue, often muscle, that is eaten as food.

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Melon

A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit.

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Melothria sphaerocarpa

Melothria sphaerocarpa is a species of melon native from southern Mexico and the Dominican Republic through Central America to tropical South America.

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Nation

A nation is a large type of social organization where a collective identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory or society.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Okra

Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, known in some English-speaking countries as lady's fingers, is a flowering plant in the mallow family native to East Africa.

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Oleic acid

Oleic acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in various animal and vegetable fats and oils.

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Onion

An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

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Palaver sauce

Palaver sauce or palava sauce or plasas is a type of stew widely eaten in West Africa, including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Egusi and Palaver sauce are Nigerian cuisine.

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Parkia biglobosa

Parkia biglobosa, known in English as the African locust bean, is a perennial deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Pumpkin

A pumpkin is a cultivated winter squash in the genus Cucurbita. Egusi and pumpkin are edible nuts and seeds.

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Pumpkin seed

A pumpkin seed, also known as a pepita (from the Mexican pepita de calabaza, 'little seed of squash'), is the edible seed of a pumpkin or certain other cultivars of squash. Egusi and pumpkin seed are edible nuts and seeds.

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Seasoning

Seasoning is the process of supplementing food via herbs, spices, salts, and/or sugar, intended to enhance a particular flavour.

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Shrimp

A shrimp (shrimp (US) or shrimps (UK) is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the order Decapoda, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egusi

Also known as Agushi, Agusi, Efo elegusi, Egusi seed, Egusi soup, Egwusi, Melon seed, Melon seeds, Ohue, Pumpkin soup (Egusi soup).

, Yoruba cuisine, Yoruba language.

Egusi, the Glossary

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See also

African soups

Igbo cuisine

Melon production

Yoruba cuisine

References