Ewa agoyin
Serve this traditional Nigerian bean dish with boiled yam or cassava, agege bread or fried plantains, finished with a fried egg on top.
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- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 500g black-eyed beans or brown beans
- 2-4 fried eggs , to serve (optional)
- 2large red onions , chopped
- 6garlic cloves
- 5red scotch bonnet chillies (or to taste)
- 10cherry tomatoes
- 1red Romano pepper
- 150ml palm oil or olive oil
- 2tbsp Jumbo prawn stock powder or bouillon vegetable stock powder
- 1tbsp paprika
- 3tsp ground crayfish (optional)
- 2tbsp curry powder (mild, medium or hot)
Instructions
Step 1
Put the beans in a colander and rinse thoroughly. Put them in a large pot with a pinch of salt and add boiling water to cover. Boil for 1 hr until tender, topping up with more water as needed. Drain, then return the beans to the pot and roughly mash.Step 2
To make the agoyin sauce, using a food processor, blend the onions, garlic, chillies, tomatoes and pepper.Step 3
In a deep pan, heat the oil and add the onion mixture. Season with the stock powder, paprika, ground crayfish, if using, and curry powder.Step 4
Take the sauce off the heat once it has thickened and the flavours have combined. Check the seasoning and add salt to taste.Step 5
To serve, transfer a portion of the cooked beans to a dish or plate and drizzle a lot of agoyin sauce over the top. Top with a fried egg, if you like, and season with freshly ground black pepper.