Moi Moi Recipe | Bean pudding Nigerian way.
Moi moi is a very popular food in Nigeria. it could be paired with Akamu (pap), custard or even jollof rice and served as a breakfast or lunch.
Equipment
- Pots
- Blender
Ingredients
- 7 Cooked Eggs optional
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 seasoning cubes
- Salt to taste.
- 1 cup sliced onions
- 10 Shombo pepper adds the reddish color
- 1 cup crayfish
- 3 cups of beans
Instructions
- Parboiled the fish, removed center bones and break into smaller bits. Set the stock aside.
- Remove seeds from the shombo (pepper) and wash/peel the beans.
- Combine crayfish, shombo, onions, and blend into a smooth paste.
- Transfer into a large bowl then add oil, fish, 2 seasoning cubes, fish stock, and stir all together.
- Taste for salt.
- Distribute in plates or moi moi wrappers and cook for 35 minutes
- This is how - drop the plates in the pot, three or four per row.
- Add water simultaneously making sure it doesn’t top the first plate.
- Cover tightly and cook for 35 minutes.
- After 35 minutes, bring out one of the plates to see if it is well cooked.
- Note: When it is well cooked, it takes some 1-3 hours to cool and solidify like the moi moi you buy from restaurants.