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ekutu
e-KU-tu
pumpkin
French: la courge / le potiron
Tolambi ekutu.
We cooked pumpkin.
Nous avons cuisiné de la courge.
Pumpkin — flesh and leaves, both for the pot. Ekutu is a pumpkin. Its flesh sweetens a soup, and its young leaves are cooked down into the saucy greens that crown Congolese rice and fufu.
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