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Ewa Agoyin

Name: Ewa Agoyin
Total time: 2h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: 2 cups honey beans; 1 tsp bicarb; 1 large red onion; 6 dried red peppers, soaked; 2 fresh scotch bonnets; 150 ml palm oil; 2 tbsp ground crayfish; 1 tsp locust bean; Salt, seasoning

Lagos street classic — soft mashed brown beans doused in a smoky pepper-and-palm-oil sauce, eaten with agege bread.

2h 4 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 2 cups honey beans
• 1 tsp bicarb
• 1 large red onion
• 6 dried red peppers, soaked
• 2 fresh scotch bonnets
• 150 ml palm oil
• 2 tbsp ground crayfish
• 1 tsp locust bean
• Salt, seasoning

Method

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Soak and boil beans with bicarb 90 min until they collapse; mash lightly.

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1
Soak and boil beans with bicarb 90 min until they collapse; mash lightly.
2
Blend soaked peppers with fresh chili.
3
Fry sliced onion in palm oil on low 15 min until deep brown and jammy.
4
Add pepper blend, crayfish and locust bean; cook 20 min into a dark, glossy sauce.
5
Serve mashed beans topped generously with sauce and agege bread.