Moi Moi – Beans Pudding

Moi-Moi (sometimes pronounced as “my-my”) is beans with pepper and onions puree that has been slow steamed until it sets. Moi-moi is a Nigerian staple for a lot of household.

Growing up, moi-moi isn’t a dish we make at home so, I can’t really relate a lot of story to it but one time though, I remember I went to visit my aunty and they were about to prepare moi-moi and my cousins where prepping the tins needed, the old school style; The old school way where you get an empty canned or tinned evaporated milk or tomatoes and in order to get a smooth clean opening, you have to continuously drag the opened rough edge (the top of the tin) on concrete until it falls off leaving a clean and smooth opening edge. (Note: In those days, we didn’t have tin openers, as basic as it may seem to you, it wasn’t a necessity. We use knife to open tins with most of the time). After we have created a clean and smooth opening, we wash the tins then pour the moi-moi batter into it half way and then steam it. This activity is usually fun because we are chatting and catching up as we do it.

Moi-moi is generally a side dish to a lot of rice dish such as jollof rice, fried rice, etc. It also pairs perfectly with custard, pap, bread, agidi, garri, etc.

With Love, B!

Moi Moi – Beans Pudding

Beans Pudding – Poached.

• Blender or Liquifier
• Muffin Cups or Oven Safe Pan or Moi-moi leaves
• Oven Safe Pan
• Deep Bowl for mixing
• Whisk

• 5 cups Peeled Beans
• 5 cups Water
• 5-7 Habanero pepper (Deseed)
• 1 Onions
• Smoked Fish (debone and de-skin) / Sardines / Corned beef (Optional)
• ¾ cup Vegetable oil
• ¼ cup Palm oil
• 4-6 Eggs (Hard Boiled)
• Seasoning cube
• Salt

1. Preheat oven at 400 degrees for 10 mins

2. Add the beans, pepper, onions and water in a blender and blend until it is very smooth.

   
   
   

3. Then pour in a bowl and whisk in the palm oil, vegetable oil, smoked fish / sardine / corned beef – (If using any), salt and seasoning cube to taste and mix.

   
   
   

4. Then pour into an oven safe pan (You might need to use 2 pans or muffin cups/pans) then slice the eggs and gently place it on top of the beans mixture and cover with a foil sheet and poke holes in the foil sheet.

   
   
   

5. Then put that pan (the one with the beans mixture) into a bigger oven safe pan and gently pour hot water into the bigger pan (This method is called water bath), be careful not to pour water into the beans mixture.

   
   
   

6. Carefully place pan into the oven and bake for 40 – 60 mins or until the beans mixture sets/firms.

   
   
   

7. Remove from the water bath. It can be served hot or warm.

   
   
   

8. Moi-Moi can be eaten as a side dish with any kind of rice, with bread, custard, pap, soak garri, etc.

   
   
   

9. Enjoy!

10. With Love, B!

Side Dish

African, Nigerian

Beans, Beans Cake, Beans Pudding

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