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!

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Moi Moi – Beans Pudding

Beans Pudding – Poached.

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Equipment

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

Ingredients

• 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

Instructions

• Preheat oven at 400 degrees for 10 mins
• Add the beans, pepper, onions and water in a blender and blend until it is very smooth.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Carefully place pan into the oven and bake for 40 – 60 mins or until the beans mixture sets/firms.
  
• Remove from the water bath. It can be served hot or warm.
  
• Moi-Moi can be eaten as a side dish with any kind of rice, with bread, custard, pap, soak garri, etc.
  
• Enjoy!
• With Love, B!

Video

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: African, Nigerian

Keyword: Beans, Beans Cake, Beans Pudding

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