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.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.

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. 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.

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

 Amfani 
Miyan Egusi wani nau'in miya ce mai kauri da 'ya'yan ƙasa kuma ta shahara a Yammacin Afirka, tare da bambancin gida. Bayan tsaba, ruwa, da mai, miya egusi yawanci yana ƙunshi kayan lambu, da dabino, sauran kayan lambu, kayan yaji, da nama. Ganyen ganyen da aka saba amfani da su don miyar egusi sun haɗa da bitterleaf, leaf kabewa, celosia da alayyafo. Sauran kayan lambu na yau da kullun sun haɗa da tumatir da okra. Abubuwan kayan yaji sun haɗa da barkono barkono, albasa, da wake. Har ila yau ana amfani da naman sa, akuya, kifi, jatan lande, ko crayfish.

A Najeriya, egusi ya zama ruwan dare a tsakanin al'ummar Yarbawa kudu maso yammacin kasar, Efik, Ibibio da Annang na kudu maso kudancin Najeriya, da kuma kudu maso gabashin Najeriya 'yan kabilar Igbo na kudancin Najeriya.

A kasar Ghana sannan kuma ana kiran egusi akatoa ko agushi, kuma kamar yadda ake yi a Najeriya ana yin miya da stew,"13 Nigerian Foods That Are Eaten By Ghanaians But Have Different Names" , OMGVoice. kuma an fi yin amfani da ita a cikin miya.Freda Muyambo, "Palaver Sauce Recipe" , About food.

A ƙarshen 1980s, Gwamnatin Kanada ta ba da gudummawar wani aikin da aka yi niyya don haɓaka injin da zai taimaka wa Kamaru harsashi iri egusi. An samar da wata na'ura da za ta harba egusi.

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