Nigerian Beans Recipes

Like I said before, Ewa (beans) and bread is a very popular breakfast recipe in Lagos Nigeria and because I want to make this site as comprehensives as possible I don’t want to leave out any important food

The above image is not porridge beans, the recipe is completely different from other Nigerian beans recipes, you cook the beans separately and then make a special kind of stew. You will learn to make this stew the exact way it is made in Yoruba land where I live.


Here are the basic ingredients, although some other local herbs are used optionally in some cases.

Half cup of dry ground pepper
15cl of palm oil
A cube of maggi or knorr
1 bulb of onions
Ground ginger

Tomatoes are not used in making this special kind of stew, just ground dry pepper and red oil (palm oil), although some people eat the same food with the normal Nigerian Tomato Stew

Here is how to prepare stew for ewa (beans) in the Yoruba land.

Pour the palm oil into a pot and set on fire, allow to heat for about three minutes but don’t allow to bleach. Then add the ground dry peppers and fry for about ten minutes, just keep stirring occasionally for ten minutes.

Then add the onions, ground ginger, a cube of maggi, cook for another five minutes and you are done.
Serve with the beans,


Here is how to make yet another simple Nigerian food (Porridge beans), one of the different Nigerian beans recipes. Porridge beans in Nigeria are often cooked alongside yam or plantain. It could serve both as lunch and dinner.

This particular recipe is very popular in the south and eastern part of Nigeria, the Igbo tribe of Nigeria is very familiar with this recipe so if you want to make porridge beans the exact way an IGBO woman would like to make it, here is your best guide.

Ingredients (for 5 serving)
3 to 4 cups of beans
Red oil (10cl)
About 5 to 10 balls of tomatoes (cut to bits)
2 balls of onions
Vegetable (optional)
Potash (very small, about half baby spoon)(optional)(I don’t use it)
Crayfish (1 cup blend)
Knorr cube (2 cubes) or any spice of choice.
Salt and pepper to taste.

The last time I ate beans and yam was in my village, made by my mum, I think beans and ripe plantain is a better combination, partly because ripe plantain tend to add a natural sweetness and also because kids like it.

Here is how to prepare beans recipe in Nigeria:

Select the beans to remove impurities (sands) then parboil for about 5 to 10 minutes, wash and start cooking with just water.

At this point most people tend to add a little bit of potash to hasten the process but it is highly not advisable. I add about 2 balls of sliced onions at this point (after boiling for about 10 minutes alone.), this has shown to serve the same purpose as potash, although with a slightly slow impact.

Boil until it is soft for consumption or at least 95 percent done, you can check by taking some on your cooking spoon and pressing against the spoon, it takes about one hour or a little more to cook beans if you are doing it the natural way (without potash).

Add the blended crayfish, palm oil, knorr (2 cubes) salt and pepper.

Add a little water if necessary.

Sprinkle the sliced tomatoes/onions and vegetables on the top and cover to cook for 10 to 15 minutes and you have delicious bean porridge.

I like to add tomatoes and vegetable to porridge beans because they are both a good source of vitamins and also serves for decoration purposes.

There are so many other beans recipe in Nigeria,

If you have eaten bread and ewa before please use the comment box below to tell me about it.

How To Make Cashew Juice

INGREDIENTS 
 10 cashew fruit,4 cups of water,1 lime (juiced),piece of ginger,passion flavored
syrup.

METHOD
 Add cashew fruit,ginger and water in a blender and until smooth.Strain into a jug and add
 lime juice.Sweeten with passion flavored syrup or sugar .Chill and serve

How To Make a Guava Juice

INGREDIENTS
120g Guava Fruit ,5 Tablespoons sugar syrup(50-50 sugar & water solution),236ml water(boil).
METHODS:

Peel the guava ,take only the outer flesh minus the seeds in the middle.
Mix the guava, syrup and water and blend in a food processor.
Pour over crushed ice.

Easy Owl Cupcakes (Hedwig Inspired)

I absolutely love these cupcakes! Super easy to make, great project for kids. I recommend this for everyone.

Step 1: Things you'll need.

Cupcake mix (and all requested items on the box)
Frosting - Any flavor or color. Be creative!
Bag of M&Ms
Oreos
Optional
Cupcake liners
#8 frosting tip (that's what I used. Not necessary of course)
Step 2: Frosting!!!!

After your cupcakes are done, cool them off and add the frosting.
I used a random frosting tip I had laying around. It said #8 on it. I just liked the bumpy texture I could make. It reminded me of feathers, so that was perfect.
Step 3: Decorating :-)

Twist the Oreos and put the side that has the cream on top of your cupcake add pictured above.
M&M's in the middle of the cream to replicate the eyeballs. Any color you wish works.
A whole orange or yellow M&M for the beak (inserted into the frosting halfway.)
For the eyebrows, I cut 1/4 of the non cream side of the Oreo. (I ate a lot of Oreos during this part *lol*)
Have a blast making these. Be creative! I can't wait to see you share!!

Dutch Oven, Fruit Medley Cobbler

One cobbler to rule them all (or at least their taste buds). Make a Dutch oven dessert that will make everyone happy.
I make a Dutch oven dessert almost every time we go camping because they're so easy to make. I'll ask
the kids what flavor of cobbler they want and I'll get a different answer from each one. So I had a great idea to make one cobbler to fit all their requests.

This experimental recipe was based on my normal cobbler recipes. It looks and sounds fancier but was just as simple to make and it turned out great. The kids loved being able to choose one or all flavors, and I loved being their culinary hero once again.

Step 1: Ingredients

1 can red raspberry pie filling

1 can blueberry pie filling

1 can peach pie filling

1 yellow cake mix and required ingredients (mine called for 3 eggs, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, and 1 cup water)

* As a side note, you could choose to use any fruit pie filling flavor you wanted (strawberry, apple, etc).

* Another option is to use two or four flavors.

Step 2: Tools and Utensils


12" Dutch oven

Can opener (if your pie filling doesn't have pull top lids)

Spoon and mixing bowl

Briquettes and a lighter (I like to use a chimney starter)

Tongs to handle hot briquettes

Tool or glove to handle a hot Dutch oven

Step 3: Preparation

Start by lighting the briquettes so they can be ready when you start cooking in about 15 minutes.

Lightly oil the bottom of the Dutch oven.

Spoon the cans of pie filling into the bottom of the Dutch oven, keeping each flavor separate from the other.

Prepare the cake mix and required ingredients as directed.

Spoon the cake mix over the pie filling, making sure not to mix the pie fillings or the cake mix.

Step 4: Cooking

Cook in a conventional oven for 34-38 minutes at 350°F.
Or
Cook using briquettes for 34-38 minutes at 350°F by placing 10 briquettes under the Dutch oven and 16 briquettes on top of the Dutch oven.

Rotate the entire Dutch oven 1/4 turn and the oven lid 1/4 turn the opposite direction every 7-10 minutes for even baking heat.
Step 5: Serve and enjoy

Serve and enjoy your new found hero status.

Optionally garnish with whipped cream or ice cream.

Step 6: A few more tips for cooking with a Dutch oven


To know how many briquettes to use on top and bottom use the following formula for 325°F heat:

• Place the same number of coals under the oven as the pot diameter minus three.
• Place the same number of coals on top of the oven as the pot diameter plus three.
• To increase or decrease the heat in increments of 25°F:
• Add (or remove) one briquette each to the top and bottom for every 25°F
• Therefore our 350°F cooking temperature is:
• Bottom = 12(for the diameter) - 3(for the rule) + 1(for the extra 25°F) -> 10 briquettes on bottom
• Top = 12(for the diameter) + 3(for the rule) +1(for the extra 25°F) -> 16 briquettes on top
• One trick I use is to mix the cake mix at home, put it in a zip lock bag, and just pour it over the pie filling when I'm ready to cook.
• Last tip, I like to use heavy duty tin foil to line the bottom of my Dutch ovens when cooking sweet desserts. The sticky sweet food doesn't come off as easy as I would like.

How to Open a Champagne Bottle

Learning how to open a champagne bottle like a pro, without blowing it, takes no time at all. Here's a quick tutorial on the subtle method that helped me get over my fear of opening champagne in public.


Step 1: Remove the Foil Top

Different bottles are perforated in different spots on the foil top. If there's not an obvious and easy tab to pull for removing the foil, I like to find the twist tab of the wire cage and open the foil by putting my thumb nail under the tab and pulling it out, through the foil. Then you are able to unwrap and remove the foil top.

(If the remaining lower portion of the foil is loose and moving around, I like to remove that too.)

Step 2: Remove the Wire Cork Cage

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Remove the wire cork cage, or muselet, by twisting the circular tab towards you if you're right handed, and away from you if you're left handed. Occasionally I've found that the cage is the only thing keeping the cork in place, so be sure to keep pressure on the cork as you remove the cage just in case.

Step 3: Pro Cork Removal

While 'popping' the cork is exciting at big events or outdoor parties, I prefer a more subtle technique for indoor removal. That's why I was so excited to learn this simple trick:

1. Place the bottle on a smooth and stable surface.

2. Firmly grab the cork and push down while keeping it stationary.

3. As you're holding the cork and pushing down, SLOWLY twist* the bottle either direction while keeping the bottle firmly on the work surface.

4. Allow the cork to slowly rise up and out of the bottle as you're slowly twisting the bottle until there is a very small pop and the cork comes all the way out. There may be a little foaming over, but if you've done the process slowly enough, there will be only a small amount or none at all.

*Depending on the internal pressure, it will take anywhere from 5-8 rotations of the bottle before the cork is ready to come out.