This post is dedicated to all the bean lovers around, here are three foods you can make with beans. As we all know, bean is a very popular source of food in Nigeria and some part of Africa. Why many believed it a source of protein, some medical practitioner has indicated that it is a source of carbohydrate. Whatever the classes of food it belongs to, we will all agree that it is delicious when it is properly made. Without wasting your time, here are 3 foods you can make using beans.
Types of Food You Can Cook Using Beans
Beans and Yam Porridge:
This is my personal favorite and one of the most popular food in the southern part of the country. This recipe is made using yam and beans carfully cooked together. For those who don’t know it is made, here is the steps below.
Ingredients
- A tuber of Yam
- Cups of beans, my favorite choice is white
- Crayfish
- Palm oil
- Seasoning of your choice
- Fish
- Pepper
- Onion
How To Prepare:
Boil the beans still it is well cooked then drain the water. Now place the beans back into the pot and then add water to reboil again. Why the beans is boiling, pill your yam and add to the boiling beans. Leave this combination to boil for some time before adding your oil, pepper, sliced onoin and cray fish. After a while, add your season and then your salt and then leave to cook for some more minutes before helping it down. By this time, your beans and yam porridge should be ready.
Moi Moi Or Bean Pudding:
Moi moi or bean pudding is another very popular food across Nigeria and another favorite of mine. This is mainly done using beans and other ingredents. See below for how it is made.
Ingredients
- Beans
- Vegetable oil
- Cray Fish of Egg
- Onion
- Pepper
- Seasoning
- Salt
How To Prepare:
Soak the beans for some minutes and then wash carefully to remove the shaft or out layer. Next you blend the beans along with your pepper, onion, and crayfish. Add vegetable oil to the blended mixture and then carefully add your seasoning and salt to taste. Now place the mixture in a container which is then place in a pot with water to cook for some minutes. After leaving to boiling for sometime, your moi moishould be ready to eat.
Akara or Beans Cake:
Beans cake, popularly called akara is a very famous food here in nigeria. It follows the same process to make just as the moi moi. The only difference is that instead of boiling, you fry the blended mixture to give you the beans cake or akara.
Ingredients
- Beans
- Vegetable oil
- Cray Fish of Egg
- Onion
- Pepper
- Seasoning
- Salt
Conclusion:
These are the list of food you can make with beans in Nigeria. If you are a beans lover and looking for what to make out of beans, I believe these post can help. So if this was helpful, kindly like, share and comment below.
