Ewa Agoyin is a traditional Nigerian dish made of mashed beans served with a spicy pepper sauce.
Ingredients
Ewa Agoyin Beans
- 3cupsblack-eyed beans or white beans
- pinchA of salt
- 6cupof water
Ewa Agoyin Pepper Sauce
- 1cuppalm oil
- 2piecemedium onions (1 thinly sliced)
- 1/4cupdried shombo peppers
- 1tspminced ginger
- 2pieceCameroon pepper
- 3tbspground crayfish
- 2piecedried bell peppers (tatashe)
- Seasoning cube(s) to taste
- Salt to taste
How to make Ewa Agoyin
Soak dried peppers in hot water overnight or for 6 hours.
Blend peppers, onions, ginger, and Cameroon pepper coarsely.
Boil beans until soft, add a pinch of salt and mash with a hand mixer or masher
Bleach palm oil for 10-12 minutes, then fry sliced onions until caramelized.
Add blended pepper mix, crayfish, seasoning, and salt. Fry for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.you will get a black color but not burnt sauce.
Turn off the heat . Serve Ewa Agoyin with Agege Bread and plantain preferably
Tips & Tricks
Ensure the palm oil is properly bleached to achieve the authentic flavor.
Stir the pepper sauce occasionally to prevent it from burning.
Recipe by
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