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Recipe of the day: How to prepare Nigerian beans and yam porridge
As individual meals, they create a delight familiar to the Nigerian palette, but as a duo, they create a bomb.
Beans and Yam Porridge [Credit: Busy.org]
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50 minutes
Recipe category
Main meal
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Recipe cuisine
Local
Cooking method
Boiling
Recipe Yield
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4 servings
Instructions
- Add water to about 2 inches above the beans, sliced onions and allow to boil till the beans is partially soft. Add water to cook till soft as required to.
- Once the beans is soft, add the chunks of yam and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
- In another smaller pot, pour the red oil and add onions. Saute for a minute and add pepper, salt and stock cubes. Fry for another 3 minutes and set aside. This gives your porridge a special taste.
- Add the palm oil sauce into the yam and beans pot.
- Allow to cook till the yam is soft and any excess water is dried.
Your yam and beans porridge is ready! Serve warm.
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