Peanut soup

Soup made from peanuts
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Peanut soup or groundnut soup is a soup made from peanuts, often with various other ingredients. It is a staple 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 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 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.[14] Groundnut soup is eaten with eba, fufu, banku, kenkey and so on.[15] It is a delicacy that Nigerian, Ghanaian and people in other African countries consume, such as in Sierra Leone.[16] In Ghana, it is known as nkatenkwan in Akan language and "Azidetsi" in Ewe language.

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  • Garnished ground nut or peanut soup
    Garnished ground nut or peanut soup
  • Peanut soup with fufu and fish
    Peanut soup with fufu and fish
  • Latin American peanut soup
    Latin American peanut soup

See also

References

  1. ^ Cathy (18 November 2012). "A Thanksgiving Recipe: Virginia Peanut Soup". National Peanut Board. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. ^ Collins, Geneva (9 May 2007). "Where Settlers, Slaves and Natives Converged, a Way of Eating Was Born". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. ^ ""Sopa de mani", el plato favorito de los norteños para festejar el Carnaval" ["Peanut Soup", the northerner's favorite dish to celebrate Carnival.]. www.quepasasalta.com.ar. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. ^ "Sopa de maní, la receta ideal para celebrar el jueves de ahijados" [Peanut Soup, the ideal recipe to celebrate Godchild Thursday]. www.todojujuy.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. ^ "Sopa de Maní - Cochabamba Bolivia" [Peanut Soup - Cochabamba Bolivia]. Conoce Cochabamba Bolivia (in Spanish). 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  6. ^ "Sopa de Mani :: Gastronomía Perú" [Peanut Soup :: Gastronomy Peru]. Gastronomía Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  7. ^ "Ghanaian groundnut soup – recipe". The Guardian. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  8. ^ "How to Cook Groundnut Soup". FoodieDame. 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  9. ^ "Groundnut Soup - Omisagwe". Sisi Jemimah. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  10. ^ "How to prepare Cassava Fufu: Akpu". All Nigerian Food Recipes. 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  11. ^ "Make groundnut soup the Edo way". Tribune Online. 2022-04-16. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  12. ^ "Groundnut Soup (Omisagwe)". My Active Kitchen. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  13. ^ Saffery, D. (2007). The Ghana Cookery Book. Jeppestown Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-9553936-6-2.
  14. ^ "Groundnut sauce". Idamaris. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Recipe of Ultimate Ground nut/peanut soup | Best Recipes". getmenurecipes.web.app. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  16. ^ Anthropologist'S Cookbook. Taylor & Francis. 2012. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-136-16789-8.

External links

  • Ghanaian groundnut soup – recipe
  • Nigerian groundnut soup - recipe

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