Ewa Agoyin, via Wikimedia Commons
Beans
Ewa Agoyin

Ewa Agoyin

Yoruba

105Minutes
MediumLevel
5Serves
9Steps
About

Soft mashed beans crowned with agoyin sauce — a nearly black, deeply fried pepper-and-onion sauce sweet with palm oil. Lagos street-food royalty of Yoruba tables.

Equipment
  • Pot
  • Frying pan
  • Blender
Ingredients
Brown or honey beans3 cups
Palm oil1 cup
Dried peppers (ata gungun)10
Fresh scotch bonnet3
Onions4
Ground crayfish2 tbsp
Locust bean (iru)1 tbsp
Stock cubes3
Saltto taste

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