Recipe: Tasty Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves

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Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves. Wrapping your moi moi in banana leaves is pretty easy. Practice a few times and you will be wrapping like a pro :-) Moi Moi also pronounced "Moin Moin" is. Steamed MOI MOI (bean cakes) in Banana Leaf !

Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves It's made from pureed beans and served primarily as an accompaniment to breakfast porridge. Moi moi can also be served with a side of garri or bread. Traditional moi moi is wrapped in Banana or ewe eran leaves. You can have Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves

  1. Prepare of Beans (_peeled and washed_).
  2. It's of Red bell peppers.
  3. You need of Scotch bonnet.
  4. It's of Onion.
  5. Prepare of Cray fish.
  6. You need of Ginger.
  7. Prepare of Seasoning (maggi cubes, onga & salt).
  8. You need of Veg oil.
  9. You need of Water.
  10. You need of Boiled eggs.
  11. You need leaves of Fresh banana.

Moi-moi wrapped in banana leaves are placed in a pot before cooking. See how to make Moi moi in leaf without the troubles of wrapping. With this easy method, no more struggling with moi moi leaves. Where I live in Europe , Moi moi leaves are not available (not even at the African stores) and even though we have to settle for banana leaves, we get it frozen ; as in.

Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves step by step

  1. Blend the Beans with the first five ingredients..
  2. Pour into a bowl and add oil, seasoning(_to taste_), stir..
  3. Add water to desired consistency and stir again..
  4. Fold the leave into the shape of a cone and brake bottom backwards..
  5. Pour about ½ a cup of grounded beans into the cone, add the eggs..
  6. Fold the top inside and make sure there are no openings..
  7. Put water into a cooking pot and add the all the wraps inside, Allow to cook for 30 mins..
  8. Or.
  9. Place an iron colander over a pot of boiling water and place the wraps inside, cover and allow to steam for 30-40 mins..
  10. NOTE: this method prevents water from entering into the wraps..
  11. Open a wrap to see if it's cooked through then serve..

These leaves are also called 'uma' leaves or simply moi moi leaves. The native method of steaming moi moi involves wrapping them in these leaves and steaming in a pot of water. Moi moi leaves are a broad papery leaf, similar to banana leaves that are able to hold the blended beans while they cook. In Nigeria, traditional moi-moi is wrapped in banana leaves, while some people prefer using plastic plates or white nylon to cook theirs and that is why I would like to give it more debut by changing it to "moi-moi roll-up" with some modifications. Moi moi can be paired with many Nigerian foods to make a breakfast or lunch, This recipe shows you how to wash beans and make beans pudding the Wash the beans to remove the outer coat, keep squeezing, washing and sieving till you are left with the white beans then you can prepare for the.