Peanut soup explained

Peanut soup
Alternate Name:Groundnut soup
Region:African cuisine
Course:Main
Type:Soup
Served:Hot
Main Ingredient:Peanuts, onions, tomatoes, aubergine, okra, ashanti pepper, ginger, bay leaves, rosemary, peanut butter, water

Peanut soup or groundnut soup is a soup made from peanuts, often with various other ingredients. It is a staple in African cuisine but is also eaten in East Asia (Taiwan), the United States (mainly in Virginia)[1] [2] and other areas around the world. It is also common in some regions, such as Argentina's northwest,[3] [4] Bolivia[5] and Peru,[6] where it can sometimes be served with bone meat and hollow short pasta or fries. In Ghana it is often eaten with fufu, omo tuo and banku and is often very spicy.[7] Groundnut soup is also a native soup of the Benin (Edo) people in Nigeria and it is often eaten with pounded yam. [8] [9] [10] Some of the essential ingredients used in making it are ugu, oziza leaves, Piper guineense (uziza seed) and Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf).[11] [12]

It is prepared from groundnut which is mashed into a paste,[13] usually termed as groundnut paste. When cooked, the groundnut is ashy pink in color. Groundnut soup is eaten with eba, fufu, banku, kenkey and so on.[14] It is a delicacy that Nigerian, Ghanaian and people in other African countries consume, such as in Sierra Leone.[15] In Ghana, it is known as nkatenkwan in Akan language and "Azidetsi" in Ewe language.

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  1. Web site: A Thanksgiving Recipe: Virginia Peanut Soup . Cathy . 18 November 2012 . National Peanut Board . 19 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220085220/http://nationalpeanutboard.org/recipes/a-thanksgiving-recipe-virginia-peanut-soup/ . 20 December 2013 .
  2. News: Where Settlers, Slaves and Natives Converged, a Way of Eating Was Born . Collins . Geneva . 9 May 2007 . . 19 December 2013.
  3. Web site: "Sopa de mani", el plato favorito de los norteños para festejar el Carnaval. "Peanut Soup", the northerner's favorite dish to celebrate Carnival.. 2020-07-07. www.quepasasalta.com.ar.
  4. Web site: Sopa de maní, la receta ideal para celebrar el jueves de ahijados. Peanut Soup, the ideal recipe to celebrate Godchild Thursday. 2020-07-07. www.todojujuy.com. 14 February 2019 . es-AR.
  5. Web site: 2020-04-18. Sopa de Maní - Cochabamba Bolivia. Peanut Soup - Cochabamba Bolivia. 2020-07-07. Conoce Cochabamba Bolivia. es-BO.
  6. Web site: Sopa de Mani :: Gastronomía Perú. Peanut Soup :: Gastronomy Peru. 2020-07-07. Gastronomía Perú. es-PE.
  7. News: Ghanaian groundnut soup – recipe . . 24 April 2013 . 4 May 2013.
  8. Web site: 2020-07-13 . How to Cook Groundnut Soup . 2022-05-12 . FoodieDame . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2015-09-07 . Groundnut Soup - Omisagwe . 2022-05-12 . Sisi Jemimah . en-GB.
  10. Web site: 2019-01-13 . How to prepare Cassava Fufu: Akpu . 2022-05-12 . All Nigerian Food Recipes . en-US . 2022-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220628193712/https://nigerianrecipes.net/how-to-prepare-cassava-fufu-akpu/ . dead .
  11. Web site: 2022-04-16 . Make groundnut soup the Edo way . 2022-05-12 . Tribune Online . en-GB.
  12. Web site: 2015-04-08 . Groundnut Soup (Omisagwe) . 2022-05-12 . My Active Kitchen . en-GB.
  13. Book: Saffery, D. . The Ghana Cookery Book . Jeppestown Press . 2007 . 978-0-9553936-6-2 . 44.
  14. Web site: Recipe of Ultimate Ground nut/peanut soup Best Recipes . 2022-05-12 . getmenurecipes.web.app.
  15. Book: Anthropologist'S Cookbook . Taylor & Francis . 2012 . 978-1-136-16789-8 . 84.

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