Moi-moi with pepper and spring onion sauce. Moin Moin/Moi moi is a Nigerian Beans pudding cake. I love this food because of it's versatility. It can go along with different meals.
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 easy way. Remove seeds from the shombo (pepper) and wash/peel the beans. Moi-moi or Moin-Moin is one of the most popular dishes in Nigeria. You can cook Moi-moi with pepper and spring onion sauce using 8 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Moi-moi with pepper and spring onion sauce
- You need 4 cups of red beans(half mudu).
- You need of Pepper.
- Prepare of Red chilli pepper.
- You need of Onions.
- It's of Spring onion.
- It's of Palm oil.
- You need of Maggi star.
- It's of Salt.
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. Moi moi (also called moin moin) is a delicious, savory Nigerian bean pudding made commonly in Nigeria from a mixture of blended and steamed black eyed peas or beans, peppers, onions, and spices.
Moi-moi with pepper and spring onion sauce step by step
- Put beans in a bowl and allow to soak for 2 minute.
- Remove the beans from water and put in a mortal and pound using pestle until the back peels out from the beans.
- Put in a bowl, use water to wash the beans well until the shaff is remove entire from the beans.
- Wash pepper, red chilli pepper and wash cut onions into the beans, and ground to paste with grounding machine.
- Add 8 maggi cubes and 1 and half table spoon of salt to the paste.
- Using soup ladle spoon, pour 3 spoon Palm oil to the paste and add little warm water, then use the ladle spoon to turn the paste until well mixed..
- Using white moi -moi leather, scoop the beans mixture using the ladle spoon into the leather and tie a bit tight, continue the process until the paste mixture is finish..
- In an already hot pot of water on fire put the moi -moi wraps inside, cover and allow to steam for 40 to 50 minute..
- Once the moi-moi is cooked dish into a food warmer and cover.
- Wash pepper and little onions, cut the onion and pound together with the pepper using mortar and pestle..
- Wash and cut spring onion.
- Heat pot on fire, add 1 and half laddle spoon palm oil but do not allow the oil to be over heated.
- Add the pepper, stir and add the spring onions and stir for a while, then add 2 maggi cubes, half teaspoon salt and keep stirring for 10 minute..
- Once the sauce is fried remove from the pot from fire.
- Serve the moi-moi in a plate and dish the sauce by the side..
- Am taking mine with zobo drink.
The tomato puree gives the Moi Moi its classic peachy colour. If you are in Nigeria, the best ingredient to use is tatashe pepper. I do not like the taste of Blend the beans, tatashe or tomato puree, onions, crayfish, habanero pepper and ground nutmeg together with some of the water and pour the mix into. Moi Moi, also pronounced as Moin Moin, Moyin Moyin, Moy Moy or Mai Mai is a traditional Nigerian food made with steamed ground beans and enriched with spices. It is very common to see Moi Moi (Moin Moin) served at parties, wedding ceremonies and other festive occasions.