Soak the beans in cool water till you can easily get the beans coat off by rubbing the seeds with your fingers. If left for too long in the water, it will become more difficult to remove the coat from the beans.

Rub the soaked beans between your palms till all the coat has come off of the beans seeds. or you can use a pestle to rub the bean against the inside of a mortar. Then put the bean in a big bowl and pour a larger amount of water on the beans, so that the beans coat will float. Decant the floating bean coats, repeat the process till all the bean coats has been removed. Soak the beans in hot water for like 30minutes

When the beans are soft, blend with pepper and onion with little water. Note water should not be too much, and the beans should not stay for too long in the blender. To avoid scattering while trying

Pour the bean puree in a bowl, add chopped onion and salt. Stir the beans puree with a pestle in a continuous circular motion until you have a smooth and uniform consistency

Set some vegetable oil on the cooker to heat up. When the oil is hot but not too hot, Scoop the mixture with a table spoon and slowly pour this into the oil. Dipping the spoon a little bit into the oil helps reduce spatter.

Fry the underside till brown and flip to fry the top side too. When the Akara balls are brown all over, remove and place in a sieve lined with paper towels.

For the pap, dissolve raw pap in a small quantity of water. Pour boiling water to the mixture and stir till the pap thickens or gentle pour the dissolved pap in a pot of boiling water. Stir continuously till you have a uniform texture