Beans and Unripe Plantain Recipe
Beans is one of the staple food in Nigerian households. This contributed immensely to the different recipes that has been created over the years out of this food item. Beans is of many species and no matter the specie, they all turn out delicious when cooked.
This recipe will be focused on cooking porridge beans with unripe plantain. This combo is certainly finger licking, you will find out from your first trial.
Ingredients for Beans and Plantain Porridge
- 3 cups of beans
- 1-2 bunch of unripe plantain
- About 30cl of palm oil
- 4-5 seasoning cubes
- Salt
- Onions
- Crayfish
- Pepper
- Dry Fish
- Scent leaves or Pumpkin leaves
Preparing the Ingredients
You will need to prepare some of the ingredients in order to fasten the cooking process and thus reduce time.
Plantain
Cut and peel off the plantain, wash and place them in a bowl. Cut it to your preferred sizes.
Beans
Pick your beans carefully, looking out for any sand or stone and the leftover pods that might be inside.
Pour it into a bowl, then wash thoroughly to remove any sand and the preservatives.
How to Cook Beans and Unripe Plantain Porridge
- Start by boling the beans with enough water.
- Boil till it tenders.
- Add the already prepared plantains and stir to mix well.
- Boil for about 5 minutes.
- Chop the onions into fine slices then add to the pot.
- Add seasoning cubes
- Add pepper
- Grind the crayfish and add also.
- Also add the dry fish.
- Boil for some extra minutes till the plantain tenders.
- Taste to ensure all the ingredients balances up in the right proportions.
- If the beans and plantain has not soften to desired state, add more water to it.
- Proceed to add the palm oil, and stir adequately.
- Boil for 2-3 minutes, then add the scent leaves or pumpkin leaves or any other vegetables you want to add.
- Boil for few minutes then your delicious bean and plantain is ready to be served.
Conclusion
The uniqueness of this meal is with using unripe plantain as opposed to the popular option of using ripe plantain, when cooking beans and plantain porridge. Always ensure you cook the beans and plantain till it tenders completely before adding palm oil.
This is because once palm oil is added, the rate at which the two major ingredients softens up with respect to the liquid content will be greatly reduced.
This is the easiest way of cooking porridge beans and plantain to bring out that awesome taste and flavour. Keep following this blog for more easy cooking tips about Nigerian meals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should Plantain be Soaked Before Cooking?
This is not a popular or standard practice in this part of the world, but some people do soak plantain in water before frying as they claim it makes it more crunchy.
Is it Good to Cook Plantain and Beans?
Absolutely it’s perfect! The only downside is that as a Nigerian, this particular meal will waste your gas, lol. But overall, it’s very nutritious to the body.
What Do you Eat With Beans in Nigeria?
There are a lot of combinations that goes perfectly with beans. These includes:
- Rice
- Plantain
- Bread
- Garri etc.
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