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Egusi, also
spelled egushi (Yoruba:
Ẹ̀gúṣí), are the protein-rich
seeds of
certain cucurbitaceous plants (squash, melon, gourd), which,
after being dried...
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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 seeds...
- soup made with a mix of Efo and
Egusi, its also just
called Egusi.
Egusi with Ewedu, this is a soup made from
Egusi cooked with Ewedu.
Groundnut soup...
- "Nigerian
Egusi Soup".
Precious Core.
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Egusi Soup - Obe Efo elegusi : How to cook
Egusi Soup"...
- West Africa). Some
notable Yoruba food
includes Ọ̀fadà, Àsáró, Mọ́í Mọ́í,
Ẹ̀gúsí soup, Àbùlà, Àkàrà, Ilá Alásèpọ̀, and Ẹ̀fọ́ rírò with Òkèlè. Some Yoruba...
- are used as a
culinary fruit (e.g., to make a
distinctive fruit drink).
Egusi (C. lanatus) is a wild melon,
similar in
appearance to the watermelon. The...
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stewed vegetables or
other sauces such as gbẹ̀gìrì, ofe akwu (banga soup) or
egusi soup. In West Africa,
there two
types of garri, the
white and yellow; the...
- Its
common names include egusi in Yoruba, 'egwusi in Igbo and
agushi in Hausa.
Vernacular names for this crop
include egusi-itoo. In
English it is known...
- Okun, Edo,
Benue and
Ekiti in Nigeria,
among others. It can be
served with
egusi soup, jute
leaves soup (ewedu),
stewed spinach (efo riro) or okra soup,...
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traced 6,000-year-old
watermelon seeds found in the
Libyan desert to the
Egusi seeds of Nigeria, West Africa.
Watermelons were
domesticated in north-east...
