Recipe: Tasty Leaf moimoi

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Recipe: Tasty Leaf moimoi Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Leaf moimoi. For the benefit of our friends who can't prepare moi moi yet here's a detailed recipe and ingredient list on how to make moi moi. Uma (Thaumatococcus Daniellii) leaf is the Moi Moi wrapper you should go for at all times. If you want your Moi Moi to cook even faster, this is the wrapper for you!

It is commonly referred to as miraculous fruit, miraculous berry, serendipity berry and katamfe.

Moi moi leaves contain a sweet protein called thaumatin.

This would explain why moin moin steamed in leaves taste better than those made in anything else.; Each leaf grows individually on a stalk from the ground, rather than on a stalk with multiple leaves as one might expect.

You can have Leaf moimoi using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Leaf moimoi

  1. It’s 700 g of beans of your choice.

  2. It’s 2 of red bell pepper 2 scotch bonet pepper.

  3. It’s 2 of cooking spoonful of vegetable oil.

  4. You need 1 tbsp of tomato puree (optional).

  5. Prepare 4 tablespoons of groundcrayfish 2 large onions.

  6. Prepare of Eggs or corned beef or smoked fish (any garnish of your choice).

  7. Prepare of Moimoi leaves wash and clean thoroughly abd set aside.

  8. Prepare 3 of stock cubres for seasoning (Maggi/Knorr cubes).

  9. It’s of Water (as needed).

  10. Prepare Pinch of salt.

Moi moi leaves are a broad papery leaf, similar to banana leaves that are able to hold the blended beans while they cook.

I remember moi moi also being made in small tins as well, but the moin moin made in the leaves, locally called moi moi elewe, always tasted the best.

Nigerians typically prefer this method of cooking moi moi because of the.

Here is how to make plate moi moi that tastes like leaf moi, I had to make the moi moi using both broad moi moi leaves and moi moi plates.

Leaf moimoi instructions

  1. Soak and wash the beans to soften and remove the coat..

  2. Blend the beans, red bell pepper, tomato puree, onions, crayfish, scotch bonnet pepper together with some of the water and pour the mix into a big enough bowl..

  3. Prepare the desired garnish..

  4. Add s seasonings and salt to taste,then fold the moimoi leaves into a cone shape..

  5. Dish the Moi moi mix into the banana leaves, add the garnish and set them in the pot.

  6. Cook your Moi-Moi for at least one hour, before checking it. Put a knife through it, if the knife is stained with Moi-Moi paste, then it is not done, but if the knife comes out clean its done..

  7. Enjoy with any sauce or stew of ur choice ๐Ÿ˜‹.

Plate moi moi here is moi moi made using bowls like the moi moi bowls sold at markets that have come to help those who have tried but can't really wrap in leaves.

Nigerians started making moi moi in plates (bowls) long ago but I never bothered even.

Moi Moi, also pronounced as Moin Moin, Moyin Moyin, Moy Moy or Mai Mai is a traditional Nigerian food made with steamed ground beans and enriched with spices.

It is very common to see Moi Moi (Moin Moin) served at parties, wedding ceremonies and other festive occasions.

Moi Moi (Moin Moin) is usually eaten alone as a meal , but most times it is served with other Nigerian foods such as Pap(Ogi.