Name: Ewa agoyin
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500g black-eyed beans or brown beans; 2-4 fried eggs , to serve (optional); 2 large red onions , chopped; 6 garlic cloves; 5 red scotch bonnet chillies (or to taste); 10 cherry tomatoes; 1 red Romano pepper; 150ml palm oil or olive oil; 2 tbsp Jumbo prawn stock powder or bouillon vegetable stock powder; 1 tbsp paprika; 3 tsp ground crayfish (optional); 2 tbsp curry powder (mild, medium or hot)

Ewa agoyin topped with a fried egg on a plate with a knife and fork on it, on a colourful tablecloth

500g black-eyed beans or brown beans
2-4 fried eggs
to serve (optional)

AGOYIN SAUCE

2 large red onions
chopped
6 garlic cloves
5 red scotch bonnet chillies
(or to taste)
10 cherry tomatoes
1 red Romano pepper
150ml palm oil or olive oil
2 tbsp Jumbo prawn stock powder or bouillon vegetable stock powder
1 tbsp paprika
3 tsp ground crayfish
(optional)
2 tbsp curry powder
(mild, medium or hot)

Method

step 1
Put the beans in a colander and rinse thoroughly. Put them in a large pot with a pinch of salt and add boiling water to cover. Boil for 1 hr until tender, topping up with more water as needed. Drain, then return the beans to the pot and roughly mash.
step 2
To make the agoyin sauce, using a food processor, blend the onions, garlic, chillies, tomatoes and pepper.
step 3
In a deep pan, heat the oil and add the onion mixture. Season with the stock powder, paprika, ground crayfish, if using, and curry powder.
step 4
Take the sauce off the heat once it has thickened and the flavours have combined. Check the seasoning and add salt to taste.
step 5
To serve, transfer a portion of the cooked beans to a dish or plate and drizzle a lot of agoyin sauce over the top. Top with a fried egg, if you like, and season with freshly ground black pepper.