Nigeria

Akara

Name: Akara
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups soaked and skinned lobia, dry (dried black eyed peas); 1/2 onion finely chopped onion; 1/2 minced scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli); Salt, to taste; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying (about 5 tbsp absorbed)

Crisp bean fritters, fluffy inside. Saturday morning in Lagos smells like this.

40 minTime

15 gProtein each

mediumSpice

2hPlan ahead. Soak for 2 hours first; the 40 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayPeeled beans, onion and pepper, deep fried.

The original

393kcalsame

15 gproteinsame

7 gfibresame

40minutessame

Classic akara.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Lobia, dry (dried black eyed peas)1¼ cups, soaked and skinned

Onion½ onion, finely chopped

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)½, minced

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying (about 5 tbsp absorbed)

Method

4 steps

1Peel the soaked beans by rubbing and floating off the skins.
2Blend with very little water to a thick, smooth paste. Whisk hard for 3 minutes.
3Fold in onion, chilli and salt just before frying.
4Drop spoonfuls into hot oil and fry, turning, until deep golden.

Serve it like this

Pile in a bowl and serve hot with pap (ogi) or a soft roll split open and stuffed with akara.

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Akara

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