Porridge beans and plantain. Hi everybody This video is about me sharing with you guys how I make my beans and plantain porridge. This is one of my favourite recipes. Beans and plantain porridge can be cooked in different ways, but this depends on individual taste and preference; this recipe can be prepared with palm oil or without palm oil.
Plantains are simmered until tender in a flavorful broth along with assorted vegetables and sometimes fish, beans or meat. There is no one recipe for this nutritious dish. Porridge plantain is one of the delicious foods that are made and eaten in Nigeria. You can have Porridge beans and plantain using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Porridge beans and plantain
- You need of Beans.
- Prepare of Onions.
- You need of Fresh pepper.
- Prepare of Palm oil.
- You need of Seasoning.
- You need of Plantain.
- You need of Vegetable oil for frying.
This delicious meal is usually made with unripe plantain, however, you can use a combination of ripe and unripe plantain, most people do this in other to achieve a faint sugary taste. When the beans porridge is soft, add the onions, crayfish (if using it), pepper and seasoning. As a child, I loved beans like kilode. Beans featured in our menu once a week.
Porridge beans and plantain instructions
- Wash beans and put in the pot to cook for an hour.
- Parboil by removing water and put back in the pot.
- Add onions and water and leave to get more soft.
- Add fresh pepper, palm oil and seasoning. Cover so the water can get dry,break the beans with a wooden spatula and allow to simmer. Your dish is ready..
- Slice plantain and deep fry in hot oil.
This greatly displeased my sisters, Anuli and Oliaku who were always reminded that they need beans to grow. Plantains and Beans - A lightened version of plantain and beans quick and easy, with kale - no frying required , yet still quite tasty! Anyways have I told you how much I heart beans? My favorite is fried plantains and beans but can't have it all the time. Here is an alternative to fried plantains and beans.