Cookbook:Bean Balls
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Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | Cuisine of Nigeria
Bean Balls | |
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Category | Bean recipes |
Yield | 24 balls |
Time | 1½ hours |
Difficulty |
Akara are a Nigerian snack of fried bean balls. It is often served with akamu (pap), eko, bread, Nigerian custard, fried plantain (dodo), fried potatoes, etc.
IngredientsEdit
- Dried beans
- Fresh scotch bonnet chile peppers
- Onion, chopped
- Seasoning cubes
- Salt
- Palm oil/groundnut oil
ProcedureEdit
- Soak the beans in water for about 1 hour.
- Remove the skins from the soaked beans.
- Grind the beans, pepper, and chopped onions to a fine paste. Whisk until you get a fluffy paste.
- Stir in salt and seasoning cubes.
- Heat enough oil in a pan for shallow- or deep-frying. Use a serving spoon to scoop the paste into hot oil, and fry until golden brown.
- Serve hot with corn pap, bread, or any other accompaniment you desire.
Notes, tips, and variationsEdit
- Nowadays, especially in private homes, the skin of the beans is no longer removed so as to get the maximum nutritional benefit from the beans.