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Moi Moi - Beans Pudding

Beans Pudding - Poached.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

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