Hanza

Boscia senegalensis

nuts & seeds

Bitter seeds soaked for a week in water changed every day, then cooked like peas: the grain of famine years in the Sahel.

Origin

Sahel (Niger, Mali, Chad, Sudan)

Where to find it

Its ready-to-cook seeds are sold at markets; the shrub covers stony, lateritic plateaus.

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Never without the long soaking in changed water, which removes its bitterness.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Magnesium · Insoluble fibers · Protein

Did you know?

Its shrub stays green in the middle of the dry season, when everything else has turned yellow.