Ewa agoyin
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2 - 4
Ingredients
- 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.