Beans & Plantain Porridge

Name: Beans & Plantain Porridge
Yield: servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 Cups Beans (Brown or White); Palm Oil / Red Oil (Or Coconut fruit oil); 1 medium sized Onion; Pepper; Salt (to teste); 2/3 Ripe or Unripe Plantain; 2 cubes Seasoning (Maggi, know or any other brand; Grinded crayfish or grinded dry prawns

Charles Onwuka Jnr @cook_7599662

Beans (or Cowpea) is one of the important staple food in Nigeria, rich in protein and good especially for growing children.

Charles Onwuka Jnr @cook_7599662

Beans (or Cowpea) is one of the important staple food in Nigeria, rich in protein and good especially for growing children.

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Ingredients

servings

2 CupsBeans (Brown or White)
Palm Oil / Red Oil (Or Coconut fruit oil)
1medium sized Onion
Pepper
Salt (to teste)
2/3Ripe or Unripe Plantain
2 cubesSeasoning (Maggi, know or any other brand
Grinded crayfish or grinded dry prawns

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Steps

1

Put beans in a bowl, wash into a Pot and pour water a little above the level of the beans and cook for about 10 mins. Discard the water, wash with cold water and continue to cook with water level a little above the level of the beans.
2

Cook till tender (soft) adding more water from time to time if necessary (Make sure you don't add too much water).
3

While, the beans cooks, prepare your ingredients. Chop or slice the onion, grind the crayfish/prawns, grind the pepper. peel and chop the plantain into small cubes
4

When the beans is tender, add salt & pepper (to test), crayfish (2 spoons), seasoning, palm (oil enough to color) and finally, add the chopped plantain and cook for another 7-10mins.
5

Turn the porridge with a ladle (big spoon) or spatula. Turn off the heat, leave for some few minutes to cool a bit and serve.