Groundnut Soup

Groundnut soup, also called peanut soup, is a soup made from peanuts mashed into a paste, most often eaten as a staple of West African cuisine but also found in East Asia, particularly Taiwan, in the United States, especially Virginia, and in parts of South America such as Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. In Ghana it is eaten with fufu, omo tuo or banku and is typically very spicy, while it is also prepared by the Edo people of Nigeria and eaten with pounded yam, and known by other regional names such as nkatenkwan in Akan and azidetsi in Ewe. Essential ingredients besides the mashed groundnut paste can include ugu, oziza leaves, uziza seed and bitter leaf, and the finished soup takes on an ashy pink color.