Ewa Agoyin: A Taste of Lagos Streets in Your Kitchen

Ingredients

• ------------------Beans----------------
• 2 cups of honey beans (Ewa Oloyin. Any other type of beans would suffice)
• 6 cups water
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of salt (depends on you)
• ------------------Agoyin Sauce----------------
• ½ cup of shombo / dried chilli (reduce quantity if you don’t like it spicy)
• 3 large tatashe/bell pepper
• 2 onions
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Seasoning cubes
• ¼ cup crayfish
• Palm Oil

Instructions

• ------------------Preparing the Beans----------------
• Pick out the particles of dirt from the beans
• rinse and drain the beans a couple of times.
• Transfer the beans into a pot
• cover with water
• and simmer until very soft.
• Mash the beans according to your taste using a wooden spoon or a potato masher.
• ------------------Preparing the Beans Sauce----------------
• Soak the dry chilli for about 30mins to an hour
• Add your chilli
• tatashe and onions into a blender
• Add a palm oil into the pan. This sauce requires quite a lot
• After the palm oil heats up; Add your chopped onions and fry for about 2 - 3mins
• Add the pepper Mixture into the fry and give it a good mix
• Season with Salt
• Seasoning cubes and ground crayfish to taste
• Give it a good mix and continue to fry for about 10mins on medium heat
• Keep mixing sauce becomes dark then turn off the heat.
• Serve your delicacy and you could pair it with Bread or plantain etc