Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, moi moi in banana leaves. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Moi moi in banana leaves is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Moi moi in banana leaves is something that I have loved my whole life.
Moi Moi/Moin Moin is a Nigerian dish that is typically made with Beans. It involved peeling the skin of the beans, blending the beans with peppers and steaming in banana leaves. My Recipe is practically swapping the Beans with Lentils.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have moi moi in banana leaves using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Moi moi in banana leaves:
- Prepare 2 cups Beans
- Get 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Get 6 fresh Pepper
- Get 1 teaspoon Crayfish
- Take Salt
- Get bonga fish
- Make ready Onions
- Prepare maggi
- Prepare boiled eggs
Where I live in Europe , Moi moi leaves are not available (not even at the African stores) and even though we have to settle for banana leaves, we get it frozen ; as in rock frozen. So what I do is, let it defrost and sterilize in boiling water before I use and once it is defrosted this is what I get-(leaves with. Nigerian moi-moi is savory and scrumptious, yummy deliciousness. Obviously, one of the most recognizable dishes out of Nigeria (and African.) In other words, one of the skills needed to make this deliciousness happen is banana leaves wrapping skills!
Instructions to make Moi moi in banana leaves:
- Wash,squeeze beans in-between palm to remove skin then add the pepper and onions
- Grind it to a very smooth paste
- Add crayfish
- Heat the veg oil
- Pour the hot oil into the grinder beans and add the bonga fish and season the beans and taste
- Wrap in banana leaves and then drop the eggs inside and wrap then steam it until it is firm to the touch
But don't worry if you don't have this skill yet. Everyone will agree that wrapping moi moi in local leaves is the best. Anyone that argues with you over this must either not have taste buds, or a nose For all the people looking for the leaves check out asian stores like H-Mart or Global Food Market for banana leaves, I've seen them there all the time. 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.
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