Dawadawa is popularly known as Locust Beans. It is primarily used in seasoning of the soups and stews. In western nations it is recognized as African locust bean. It transforms the taste of the soups when mixed in them and no soup in African nation is complete without it. We are going to discuss some of the primary health benefits of Dawadawa here.
1. Obesity
Locust bean contains high amount of soluble fibers due to which it is very beneficial for people who want to lose weight.
2. Diabetes
Locust beans are very beneficial for diabetes. For this the bean seeds are fermented and the alcoholic extract is then taken as medicine. In addition to diabetes, it also helps in controlling the cholesterol levels.
3. Eyesight
Dawadawa helps in promoting good eye sight.
4. Diarrhea
Due to high content of tannins it is use in the treatment diarrhea. It has not been proved medically for its actions but local research shows that it does help.
5. Healing
The bark of the tree is used for healing purposes. The bark is first broken down to powder and is used to heal wounds. It is also used in the treatment of leprosy and helps in its healing.
6. Toothache & Fever
The bark is boiled and decoction is prepared out of it. This liquid is then used as mouthwash which helps to keep it safe from infections and gives relief in toothache. This decoction is also used in bath to give relief from fever.
7. Blood Pressure
In one of the research done on rats, it was found that Dawadawa has a very good effect in lowering arterial blood pressure. It was also seen that it helped in lowering the systolic blood pressure too.
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Irú or Eware (Edo) is a type of fermented and processed locust beans (Parkia biglobosa) used as a condiment in cooking. It is similar to ogiri and douchi. It is very popular among the Yoruba people and Edo people of Nigeria. It is used in cooking traditional soups like egusi soup, eforiro, native jollofrice, Ofada sauce, Ayamase, okro soup, Ewedu soup and ogbono soup. Among the Manding-speaking people of West Africa irú is known as sumbala.The Yorubas classify iru into two types: Iru Woro which is commonly use in making stew and Iru Pete which is used in making ewedu and soup.
It can be found fresh or dried. The fresh variety is usually wrapped in moimoi leaves , which are similar in appearance and texture to banana leaves. It has a very pungent smell.
The dried variety is flattened into discs or cakes for sale. Dried iru is weaker in flavor and pungency than fresh (though frying dried iru in cooking oil will restore much of the flavor). The dried variety stores very well in freezers.
The most valuable part of the locust beans are high in lipid(29%), protein(35%), and carbohydrate(16%). It is a good source of calcium and fat for rural dwellers.
During fermentation, the reducing sugar content increases, and the total free amino acid content initially decreases; in the end, however, there is a large increase in free amino acid .
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