Ingredients: 100% single source Ehuru (calabash nutmeg)
Origin: Enugu, Enugu State - Nigeria
Facts: Harvested from the wild, sun dried, hand processed
Flavor: Warm. Woody. Bittersweet
Volume: Mild
Use: Use in savory soups, stews and seasoning mixes, and desserts. Also used to season Ghanaian kelewele.
Ehuru, commonly known as calabash nutmeg with similarities to and related to nutmeg, is used mostly as a savory spice in many West African and West Central African local dishes and spice mixes. Calabash nutmeg are the dried seeds of Monodora myristica dunal tropical rainforest tree that is native to West Africa. It can be found growing and is used in cooking from Liberia to Nigeria and into Cameroon.
Facts: Harvested from the wild, sun dried, hand processed
Note: A little goes a long way. As with nutmeg use sparingly.
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