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Red red

Black eyed beans in red palm oil with sweet fried plantain. Twice red, twice good.

60 minTime
17 gProtein each
mediumSpice
10hPlan ahead. Soak for 10 hours first; the 60 minutes come after.
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Grandma's wayBlack eyed beans in palm oil with fried plantain.
The original
568kcalsame
17 gproteinsame
11 gfibresame
60minutessame

Classic red red.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Lobia, dry (dried black eyed peas)1¼ cups, soaked overnight
Red palm oil3½ tbsp
Onion1 large, chopped
Tomato3, blended
Tomato puree2 tbsp
Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)½, minced
Ginger2.5 cm, grated
Garlic2 cloves
Ripe plantain (ripe nendran banana)2 ripe plantains (very yellow with black spots)
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for shallow frying
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Boil the beans until soft but holding shape.
  2. 2Warm palm oil gently and fry onion, ginger, garlic and scotch bonnet.
  3. 3Add tomato puree and blended tomatoes and cook until thick.
  4. 4Add drained beans, a splash of their water and salt. Simmer 10 minutes, mashing a few.
  5. 5Slice plantains on the diagonal and shallow fry until caramelised. Serve with the beans.
Serve it like this

Spoon the beans onto a plate with fried plantain fanned alongside and a sprinkle of gari on top for crunch.

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Bread or rice Waakye70 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Shito90 min
On the side Baingan bharta40 min
A little snack Kelewele30 min
To drink Zobo40 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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