How to Prepare Yummy Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach

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Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach. Great recipe for Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach. So it was a Thursday afternoon and was indecisive of what to make then it dawned on me, I could make beans and plus there was plantain in the house. So I made this recipe with all my heart.
Popular accompaniments include grilled or fried fish or chicken.
When the beans porridge is soft, add the onions, crayfish (if using it), pepper and seasoning.
Note: To get the most out of beans, it is best to cook it with one of the following: sweet yam, ripe/unripe plantain, sweet potatoes or baby corn.
You can cook Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach
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It’s 3 cups of Beans.
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It’s 1 of large onion bulb.
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Prepare 7 of bell peppers.
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You need 1 cup of crayfish.
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It’s 1 1/2 cup of palm oil.
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It’s 2 tsp of salt to taste.
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You need 2 of knorr for seasoning.
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Prepare 2 of medium dry fish.
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Prepare 1 tsp of Piper guineense (uziza seeds).
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Prepare 3 of plantains.
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It’s 3 ounces of spinach.
Ingredients Used: Beans Stew: Black eyed beans Mackerel Koobi(salted fish) Momone(rotten fish) Onions Pepper Ginger Garlic Tomatoes Tomatoe paste Zomi Palm O.
You might even get your 'fussy eater beans hater' to start liking beans.
Take it a step higher by adding sweetcorn or ripe plantain, cooked with it or fried as a side. you can also add flaked fish or whole fish to make it more nutritious.
This yam and vegetable dish is just spot on!!
Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach instructions
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Wash beans and place in a pressure cookware, add half of onion bulb(sliced) and bring to boil..
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Blend fresh red bell pepper, remaining half of large onion bulb and Piper guineense(uziza) together and set aside..
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In a bowl, place dry fish in a cup if hot water, wash and set aside.
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Blend crayfish dry and set aside..
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When beans is almost soft, add grounded pepper, crayfish, salt, knorr, dry fish and palm oil then bring to boil..
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Once the oil is cooked, the porridge beans is ready..
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Add vegetable oil in a pan and place it on the gas until hot..
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Season plantain with a pinch of salt and add to the hot oil..
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Once golden brown, strain and set aside..
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In a skillet, place diced spinach with a pinch of salt and little water and simmer for 5mins.
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Serve while hot and garnish with fried fish, meat or chicken and delight your taste buds!.
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Substitute - you can use ground dry chillies in place of fresh pepper, also if you dont have a pressure pot, add some onions or potash to make the beans soft on time.
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Happy eating and do let me know if you tried it or other variations. Thank you..
Serve warm on its own or with Fried plantain.
If you like my vegetable yam, I am sure you will also like: Recipe of the Day: Nigerian Beans and Yam Porridge Nigerian Beans Porridge.
All through my growing up years, the Nigerian beans porridge was a regular stable in my family.
Depending on what ethnic group or family you came from people cook this differently.
Some add a bit of fish or or and crayfish to it others cook it with no meat or fish making it vegan.