Uziza Seed (Derica Cup)

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When you need the best ingredients to cook your favourite Nigerian dishes you don't need to stress yourself with visits to the market. Just sit back, browse our online store and find all your Nigerian ingredients here. Whether you're making Nigerian soups, jollof rice or other local dishes, you'll find what you're looking for. There's so much like crayfish, egusi, ogbono, efo, plantain, yam, oha, afang, zobo, rodo, tatase, ofada, garri, elubo, ugwu. Uziza seed is a little black seed with a strong pungent smell that could be slightly bitter and peppery at the same time. Due to its complex flavour value, it is a wonderful ingredient to give your goat meat or soup a superb taste. Uziza seed is first grounded into powder before being added into a broth or soup.This common Nigerian spice has medecinal,culinary and nutritional value especially for women!Uziza seed contains proteins, carbohydrates, alkaloids, steroids, glycosides, saponins, flavonoids, tannins and phenolic compounds. It also contains vitamins, minerals and dillapiol, 5-8% of piperine, elemicine, 10% of myristicine and safrole and these chemicals exhibit bactericidal and antimicrobial effects on certain microorganisms.You would think that was all it had to offer! This wonder seed that is so easily dismissable is suitable treatment to fertility issues in women and low sperm count in men. This spice is mostly effective when dissolved in water as the flavours contain antioxidants and free radical scavengers which prevent oxidative cell damage and have strong anticancer and anti-ulcer activity.It also can be used in the treatment of intestinal disorders like, diarrhea dysentery, indigestion, flatulence and cholera. Uziza seeds are aseptic in nature and are able to relieve flatulence.It also contains alkaloids, which are one of the most therapeutic bioactive substances in plants. Alkaloids are used as powerful pain.