Recipe: At Home Moimoi and Garri

Recipe: At Home Moimoi and Garri Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Moimoi and Garri. Delicacy⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Here is a delicious and satisfying garri soakings from West Africa Ghana,Nigeria,Togo,Camer. Though most of the dishes have undergone a great deal of transformation, the ones that still have the African, or better still Nigerian flavor and ways of preparation are the akara, moimoi and gari. You can eat garri with beans cake (akara), moimoi (bean pudding), Peanuts ( Kuli-kuli) or groundnut, dry fish, coconut, cashew nuts, milk, and sugar or honey.

Moin Moin/Moi moi is a Nigerian Beans pudding cake.

I love this food because of it's versatility.

It can go along with different meals.

You can have Moimoi and Garri using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Moimoi and Garri

1. It’s 2 cups of beans, 3cooked eggs, red pepper, onions, crayfish, oil.

2. Prepare of maggi,salt, ginger and water.

3. It’s of Garri and water.

Eat it with a side of Garri, Stuff it inside your Bread, dip it in Ketchup, serve a side with White Rice or Jollof Rice and the list goes on and on as your mind can create.

Moimoi or Moin-Moin is a Nigerian steamed bean pudding made from a mixture of washed and peeled black-eyed peas, onions and fresh ground red peppers (usually a combination of bell peppers and chili or Scotch bonnet).

It is a protein-rich food that is a staple in Nigeria.

Moi moi (also called moin moin) is a delicious, savory steamed bean pudding made commonly in Nigeria from a mixture of blended black eyed peas or beans, peppers, onions, and spices.

Moimoi and Garri instructions

1. Make sure you wash the beans very well to avoid darken the beans after blending..

2. Get 2cups of beans and suck it in order to remove the back of the beans and wash the beans with clean water, blend the beans with onions, red pepper,crayfish and ginger.

3. After blending add small salt, 2cube of Maggi and oil either palm oil or g/nut oil then stir the content to mix all the ingredients together,.

4. Put pot on fire with water and allow the water to boil, put your moimoi inside leather and add your already cooked eggs,.

5. Tight the leather and put it inside the boiling water and cover for about 45 to 50 minutes. Serve hot with your garri..

6. Make sure you wash the beans very well to avoid darken the beans after blending..

The Moi Moi that gets done quickest is the one wrapped in Uma or Banana leaves, followed by Moi Moi wrapped in aluminum foils then the one that takes the most time is Moi Moi cooked in aluminium or plastic plates.

Garri is a major fufu recipe in Nigeria.

I am not sure where the word Garri originated from but something tells me that it is derived from the Hausa word for grain: garin.

In its grain form, the staple is referred to as Garri (or Gari in other West African countries).

Moimoi is made with either Brown Beans, Black Eyed Beans or Lentils.