Ewa Agoyin

Name: Ewa Agoyin
Prep time: 360 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 450 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 3 cups black-eyed beans or white beans; pinch A of salt; 6 cup of water; 1 cup palm oil; 2 piece medium onions (1 thinly sliced); 0.25 cup dried shombo peppers; 1 tsp minced ginger; 2 piece Cameroon pepper; 3 tbsp ground crayfish; 2 piece dried bell peppers (tatashe); Seasoning cube(s) to taste; Salt to taste

by Chinedu promise omalicha precious (@omalicha)

Prep Time

6hr

Cook Time

1hr 30min

Total Time

7hr 30min

Nigerian Lunch Dinner Main Course Nut-Free Non-Vegetarian

Ewa Agoyin is a traditional Nigerian dish made of mashed beans served with a spicy pepper sauce.

Ingredients

6 Servings

(1 serving = 1 plate)

Ewa Agoyin Beans

3cups
black-eyed beans or white beans
pinch
A of salt
6cup
of water

Ewa Agoyin Pepper Sauce

1cup
palm oil
2piece
medium onions (1 thinly sliced)
1/4cup
dried shombo peppers
1tsp
minced ginger
2piece
Cameroon pepper
3tbsp
ground crayfish
2piece
dried bell peppers (tatashe)
Seasoning cube(s) to taste
Salt to taste

How to make Ewa Agoyin

Soak dried peppers in hot water overnight or for 6 hours.
Blend peppers, onions, ginger, and Cameroon pepper coarsely.
Boil beans until soft, add a pinch of salt and mash with a hand mixer or masher
Bleach palm oil for 10-12 minutes, then fry sliced onions until caramelized.
Add blended pepper mix, crayfish, seasoning, and salt. Fry for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.you will get a black color but not burnt sauce.
Turn off the heat . Serve Ewa Agoyin with Agege Bread and plantain preferably