Beans porridge
Beans porridge, from above
Non vegNigeria

Beans porridge

Black eyed beans and ripe plantain cooked soft in palm oil and pepper. Comfort, Nigerian style.

90 minTime
22 gProtein each
mediumSpice
4hPlan ahead. Soak for 4 hours first; the 90 minutes come after.
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Grandma's wayBeans, ripe plantain, palm oil and pepper.
The original
489kcalsame
22 gproteinsame
11 gfibresame
90minutessame

Classic beans porridge.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Lobia, dry (dried black eyed peas)2½ cups black eyed peas or honey beans
Ripe plantain (ripe nendran banana)2 ripe plantains, cubed
Red palm oil⅓ cup
Onion1 large, chopped
Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1, blended
Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1, blended
Ground dried crayfish (ground dried shrimp)1½ tbsp
Stock cube (bouillon cube)1 cube
Water6 cups
Saltto taste

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Boil the beans in water, discard the first water after 10 minutes, then cook in fresh water until soft.
  2. 2Add onion, blended peppers, palm oil, crayfish and stock cube and simmer.
  3. 3Add plantain and cook until soft, mashing some beans to thicken.
Serve it like this

Serve in deep bowls with extra fried plantain on top, or with bread or garri on the side.

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Bread or rice Nigerian fried rice60 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Dodo15 min
On the side Eba10 min
To drink Zobo40 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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