Alligator pepper
obere ụdị nkespice Dezie
mbumputauwa nke taxonAframomum daniellii, Aframomum citratum, Aframomum exscapum Dezie

Ose ọjị (nke a makwaara dị ka mbongo spice ma ọ bụ ose hepper) bụ ose dị n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Afrịka nke sitere na mkpụrụ na mkpụrụ osisi nke Aframomum danielli, A. citratum ma ọ bụ A. exscapum. Ọ bụ onye ikwu nke mkpụrụ nke paradaịs, nke enwetara site na ụdị ndị nwere njikọ chiri anya, Aframomum melegueta ma ọ bụ "ọka nke paradaịs". [1] N'adịghị ka mkpụrụ nke paradaịs, nke a na-erekarị dị ka naanị mkpụrụ osisi, a na-ere ose alligator dị ka pọd dum nwere mkpụrụ (n'otu ụzọ ahụ nye onye ikwu ọzọ., black cardamom ).

Osisi ndị na-enye ose alligator bụ ahịhịa ahịhịa perennial nke ezinụlọ ginger ( Zingiberaceae ), nke sitere na ebe apiti n'akụkụ oke osimiri ọdịda anyanwụ Africa. Ozugbo pọd ahụ meghere ọ kpughee mkpụrụ osisi ndị ahụ, ihe kpatara aha bekee na-esi ísì ụtọ na-apụta ìhè ka mkpụrụ osisi ahụ nwere akpụkpọ akpụkpọ ahụ na-ekpuchi ha na ọkpụkpụ nke mkpụrụ dị n'ime akpụkpọ ahụ a na- echetara azụ agụ iyi

Dị ka ose mbongo, a na-erekarị mkpụrụ nke ose alligator dị ka ọka ndị dịpụrụ adịpụ na pọd ma wepụ akpụkpọ ahụ dị n'elu. Mbongo ose na-abụkarị A. danielli ma ọ bụ A. citratum, ma nwee ísì ụtọ nke ifuru karịa A. exscapum (nke bụ isi iyi nke pọd dum).

Ọ bụ ihe a na-ahụkarị na nri n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Afrịka, ebe ọ na-enye ma ofe na ofe na-esi ísì ụtọ..

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Alligator ose mkpụrụ osisi na osisi

Ọbụna n'ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Africa, ose alligator bụ ihe dị oké ọnụ ahịa, n'ihi ya, a na-eji ya eme ihe. [2] Ọtụtụ mgbe, a na-akụ otu pọọsụ zuru ezu n'ime pestle na ngwa ngwa tupu etinye ọkara ya (tinyere ose ojii) dị ka ihe na-esi ísì ụtọ na ofe West Africa ma ọ bụ osikapa sie. A pụkwara iji mkpụrụ nke paradaịs ma ọ bụ cardamom ojii dochie ose ọ bụla iji nye ụtọ na-esi ísì ụtọ.

Mgbe amuru umuaka n'omenala ndi Yoruba, a na-enye ha obere uto nke ose alligator (atare) obere oge ka amuchara nwa dika otu n'ime usoro nnabata a na-achikota, a na-ejikwa ya mee ihe n'ememe nzuko omenaala.

N'ala Igbo, a na-eji ose oji, ọ̀jị̀ na akị kola eme ihe n'ịkpọ aha, dị ka ihe ngosi nye ndị ọbịa, na ihe omume ọha na eze ndị ọzọ na usoro kola nut . Ndị Igbo nọ na-eri ose na-eri nri ọnụ na akị kola. N'ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ emume Igbo ọ bụla, a na-enye ndị ọbịa akwụkwọ nri ose na mkpụrụ kola n'isi n'usoro ihe omume na tupu nri ma ọ bụ ntụrụndụ ọ bụla ọzọ. A na-emekọ ekpere na libations ọnụ na akị kola na ose. [3]

N'oge ọrịa Covid-19, a na-afu ya ka ọgwụ. [4]

Ndebesibia dezie

  1. Alligator pepper is the bright, punchy West African spice that works on everything (en). TODAY.com. Retrieved on 2021-08-10.
  2. Enjoy medicinal value of alligator pepper (Aframomum melegueta) (en-US). Punch Newspapers (2020-07-05). Retrieved on 2021-08-10.
  3. (1992) A handbook of Nigerian culture (in en). Dept. of Culture, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. ISBN 9789783131613. 
  4. More plants with antiviral properties validated (en-US). The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News (2020-08-13). Retrieved on 2021-08-10.