Just the recipes to amazing African dishes that you definitely need to try if you're a lover of food (like me) with vegetarian options for the vegetarians out there, it covers every food from awara (you have to read it to find out what this is) to N...
Also known as Bean cake or fried bean fritters, it's the sister of Moi Moi and the daughter of white beans, I love Akara, there's nothing more soothing than Akara and Pap on a cold and rainy day, it's the best thing, even though anything made from beans gives me heartburn, I can't stop eating Akara, that's how good it is, there are different recipes for making Akara but this is my favorite, it's known as Akara Osu
INGREDIENT
2 cups of white beans ( soaked and the bean coat peeled) 1 bell pepper 2 chilli pepper 1 medium sized Onion Salt to taste Palm oil (red oil) for frying
*you peel the bean coat by soaking it in water for a while and rubbing it till the skin pills off or by roughly blending it for about 30 seconds before rubbing it*, it should look like the picture below when you're done
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METHOD
- After peeling the beans, allow it to soak for a few more minutes in order to soften it so you'll be able to blend it without adding water (using a food processor will be better but any blender works)
- DO NOT ADD WATER WHILE BLENDING IT, you want the bean paste to be smooth but not too smooth
- Blend the pepper in a blender without adding water, a rough blend should be OK but not too rough
- Heat the palm oil in your frying pan but be careful not to bleach it
- Using a hand mixer, whisk your bean paste till it is fluffy and has doubled in size (if you don't own a mixer, you can use an "omorogun", it's like a thick flat stick)
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- Add half of the pepper paste ( add more if you want it spicier) to the bean paste and whisk it again till properly mixed (it should be peach in color)
- Make sure the oil is hot enough before adding salt to your bean paste, scoop your bean paste into the oil and fry immediately
- Fry as many batches as your bean paste can provide
Serve your Akara on its own, with yaji or pap (pap is made from corn starch, I think it'll be my next recipe)
