Recipe: Appetizing Pigeon peas (fio fio in Igbo)

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Pigeon peas (fio fio in Igbo). Delicious fio-fio (pigeon peas) dish, combined with yam and onion sauce! Watch this interesting video on how to prepare the fio-fio dish!!! SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE.

It is variously called Fi ofio or Agbugbu in Igbo, Otili in Yoruba, Aduwa in Hausa is also called, Gungo peas in Jamaica and mbaazi in Kenya.

Pigeon pea has a sweet, mildly nutty and earthy flavour.

It is delicious, hearty and very filling.

You can cook Pigeon peas (fio fio in Igbo) using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pigeon peas (fio fio in Igbo)

  1. It’s of Pigeon peas.

  2. Prepare of Salt.

  3. Prepare of Dried pepper.

  4. You need of Water for cooking.

  5. You need of Oil/pepper.

Fio-Fio Local Beans (Pigeon Peas) Fio-Fio Pigeon peas, a legume enjoyed in Africa, Asia and parts of South America.

It is variously called Fio-Fio or Agbugbu in Igbo, Otili in Yoruba, Aduwa in Hausa is also called, Gungo peas in Jamaica and mbaazi in Kenya.

Pigeon pea is what the Igbos call "fio fio".

In Hausa, it is called waken-masar or waken-turawa, and in Yoruba, it is called otili or otinli.

Pigeon peas (fio fio in Igbo) instructions

  1. Pick out the dirt from the pigeon peas.

  2. Wash and Cook for hours..

  3. When it gets soft, bring it down from fire.

  4. Fry the oil and pepper and pour the peas, add little Salt. Use wooden Spatula to mix it through. And its get for consuming..

Once the seeds are ripe and matured, they are soaked, then fried or boiled into porridge.

For the immature seeds, they are rich sources of mineral nutrients and can be used as vegetable in soups or.

This legume recipe is packed with alot of good protein.

In this video you will learn an easy way to prepare your peas Nigerian style. #jossypassion# Ingredie.

Pigeon peas are one of the most important food legume crops which grow in the tropical and subtropical climates.