Classic Nigerian Breakfast

Name: Classic Nigerian Breakfast
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 4 cups beans; Water; 6 Red bell pepper; 4 Chilli pepper; 3 Onions; Yam; Plantain; Salt; Spices and seasonings

Halima sadiya Ahmad @cook_13899793

Zaria

This is a dish that consists of akara/kosai(Bean cake), fried yam and fried plantains with sauce. Inspired by a joint from my secondary school called the 'kos&Dos'

Halima sadiya Ahmad @cook_13899793

Zaria

This is a dish that consists of akara/kosai(Bean cake), fried yam and fried plantains with sauce. Inspired by a joint from my secondary school called the 'kos&Dos'

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Ingredients

4 cupsbeans
Water
6Red bell pepper
4Chilli pepper
3Onions
Yam
Plantain
Salt
Spices and seasonings

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Steps

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For the kosai/akara
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Soak the beans in water for about ten minutes
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Pound the beans a little so that the skin will peal up.
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Wash the skin away from the beans.
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Soak the washed beans in warm water for about forty minutes
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Using two cups of water blend the beans to a smooth paste.
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Add a little water if the paste is too thick
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Grate 3 red bell pepper, 2 chilli pepper and 2 onions then add it to the bean paste.
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Add salt and spices to the paste and stir
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Pour in oil and heat in a deep frying pan.
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Scoop the paste into the oil using a table spoon.
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Keep on scooping the paste into the oil and fry till light golden brown.
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For the yam:
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Peel the yam, cut and slice it then deep fry it.
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For the plantain:
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Peel off the plantain skin, slice it and then deep fry it.
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For the sauce:
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Grate 3 bell pepper, 2 chilli pepper and 1 onions
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Fry two table spoon of oil in a frying pan
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Pour the grated vegetables into the oil
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Add salt and spices and fry for four minutes on a low flame.
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This meal can be eaten with koko/pap or tea.