Akpi seeds used for cooking in west Africa. The term Njangsa refers to an oily seeds tree, Ricinodendron heudelotii, found in tropical West Africa. It is also known as Munguella (Angola), Essessang (Cameroon), Bofeko (Zaire), Wama (Ghana), Okhuen (Nigeria), Kishongo (Uganda), Akpi (Cote d'Ivoire), Djansang, Essang, Ezezang and Njasang. seeds are hard and require soaking or boiling -What is Akpi seed used for?
Akpi is used mainly to season and thicken sauces, soups and fish broth. Like all other traditional condiments in western Africa, such as soumbala in Burkina Faso (also on the Ark of Taste), akpi is being progressively replaced by industrial stock cubes, both in cities and in the countryside.
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