Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach

Name: Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 3 cups Beans; 1 large onion bulb; 7 bell peppers; 1 cup crayfish; 1 1/2 cup palm oil; 2 tsp salt to taste; 2 knorr for seasoning; 2 medium dry fish; 1 tsp Piper guineense (uziza seeds); 3 plantains; 3 ounces spinach

Rlyn @cook_9499480

Abuja

So it was a Thursday afternoon and was indecisive of what to make then it dawned on me, I could make beans and plus there was plantain in the house. So I made this recipe with all my heart.
P.S. It is not the ingredients that makes food delicious, but your heart in the meal!

Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach

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Ingredients

45-60mins

4 Servings

3 cupsBeans
1large onion bulb
7bell peppers
1 cupcrayfish
1 1/2 cuppalm oil
2 tspsalt to taste
2knorr for seasoning
2medium dry fish
1 tspPiper guineense (uziza seeds)
3plantains
3 ouncesspinach

Cooking Instructions

45-60mins

1

Wash beans and place in a pressure cookware, add half of onion bulb(sliced) and bring to boil.
2

Blend fresh red bell pepper, remaining half of large onion bulb and Piper guineense(uziza) together and set aside.
3

In a bowl, place dry fish in a cup if hot water, wash and set aside
4

Blend crayfish dry and set aside.
5

When beans is almost soft, add grounded pepper, crayfish, salt, knorr, dry fish and palm oil then bring to boil.
6

Once the oil is cooked, the porridge beans is ready.
7

Add vegetable oil in a pan and place it on the gas until hot.
8

Season plantain with a pinch of salt and add to the hot oil.
9

Once golden brown, strain and set aside.
10

In a skillet, place diced spinach with a pinch of salt and little water and simmer for 5mins
11

Serve while hot and garnish with fried fish, meat or chicken and delight your taste buds!
12

Substitute - you can use ground dry chillies in place of fresh pepper, also if you don't have a pressure pot, add some onions or potash to make the beans soft on time
13

Happy eating and do let me know if you tried it or other variations. Thank you.