HOW TO MAKE MOIN MOIN WITH RAW EGG AND BEANS

I used one mudu of black eyed peas (white beans) to make this delicacy, that’s about 6
measuring cups. If you measure with milk cup, that should give you 9 milk cups.

My weekend moin moin so delicious I cannot not share.
Cooked in 45 minutes, finished before I soaked my garri.

Here is a video of me making moi moi with raw eggs and beans. You can watch on YouTube and subscribe or watch below to see and get more clarification on any part of this post that you are not clear about.

TIP; To prevent my pot from burning,  I added hotb water to the bottom of the pot every 15 minutes until the one hour moin moin cooking  completed.

INGREDIENTS FOR NIGERIAN MOIN MOIN COOKED WITH RAW EGGS AND BEANS:

1 mudu beans (about 6 cups)
2 raw eggs
7 boiled eggs
3 medium-sized onion
3 large-sized tatashey (red bell peppers)

1 tablespoon ground fresh peppers (scotch bonnet) (Shop measuring spoons and measuring cups here)
3 wraps seasoning cubes (6 cubes)

1 cup of warm water
Salt to taste
1 and 1/2 cups palm oil

COOKING DIRECTION:

First I picked all the specks of dirt and tiny stones from the beans, rinsed in clean water, then used the food processor to remove the skin and wash in less than 10 minutes. It was taken to the market for milling and brought home looking clean and very smooth. You can use a blender to do this part. I sometimes use a blender when there is electricity. Today, no light on my area.

1. Mill or blend the washed beans with the onion and peppers until smooth smooooth very smooooooth. The process of continuous blending or milling also helps to not only smoothen but also aerate the ground beans
2. Whisk or stir beans with the raw eggs in for about 5 minutes or more to aerate more if you really like that type of fluffy soft Moi moi. You can do this with an electric stand mixer or a manual stand mixer or even wooden spoon sef. I used a manual whisk.

3.Add the remaining ingredients and mix very well before adding palm oil.

4. Add the palm oil now and whisk until oil mixes well with the ground beans. Check for salt and adjust if needed.

5. Add your water now if it’s too thick. I added about 1 cup water to get a light consistency, mixed, checked for salt again before wrapping in washed moi moi leaves with the boiled eggs dropped in while wrapping. Place neatly in a steaming pot. You can cook moin moin with any pot, just place clean stones, dry sticks, metal rack or gauze under any pot you use just to prevent your moin moin from touching the water. 

6. steam for 45 minutes to one hour. Only Calculate time from when it starts boiling. It’s easier when you start the cooking with boiling water fr your kettle. That way the pot starts boiling immediately without waiting for the water to start heating first.

You can leave to cool a bit and then serve your tasty moi moi with soaked garri, pap, custard, rice, or just enjoy tye moi moi like that and drink water.

 

 

TAKE NOTE: Sometimes the beans are milled very light with water already added. Even blending sometimes can make you add more water, in that case when mixing, you do not need to add any more water.

Boil about 14 eggs or more if you’d like to cook with whole boiled eggs. I cut all the eggs into 2 halves each before using. If you cannot eat eggs, then skip and use all other ingredients, your moin moin will still turn out great.

Because some wraps were gigantic, some medium and some small, I got 14 wraps of moin moin made with raw eggs and beans.

Enjoy your beans and raw egg moin moi.

CHECK OUT our corn moin moin and Okpa moin moin recipes. See also Moi Moi wrapping for beginners.

Frequently asked questions on moin moin (FAQ)

• How long does it take for Moi Moi to cook?  Answer: Moi Moi takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour to cook.  I wait till one hour is complete to turn off the heat when I make a large pot of moin moin.
• What type of beans is best for moin moin? Answer: People say Honey beans is the best for moin moin, well, even me if you ask me. With very little ingredients, moin moin cooked with honey beans turns out really tasty with a nice fluffy texture. I use black-eyed peas and any other beans sold in Nigeria for my moin moin cooking and they all taste great. Most times I cannot even tell the difference while eating.  when honey beans is not available at home we use any available dry beans for cooking.
• What is honey beans for moi Moi? ANSWER:  Honey beans is brown beans.  Beans sellers in Nigerian markets just know when you ask for honey beans. They have it. Especially the Yoruba beans sellers. Sometimes I think that maybe that name comes from them because growing up in South-South Nigeria, I never heard of honey beans until I moved to Abuja. White beans is very popular in the South Southern States.
• Why does my moi moi get too soft? ANSWER: Moi moi can only get too soft when the beans is blended with too much water. After blending beans, the quantity of water you mix before wrapping will determine the softness or hardness of your moi moi. The right consistency to get moi moi that is not too soft is the one shown in the blended beans pictured above.
• How do I go into moi moi business? ANSWER: Moi moi business involves the making of large scale moi moi for sale. Moin moin business is very profitable if your moi moi tastes good with the right kind of softness. Moin moin business is good business in Nigeria. Growing up, we used to have a neighbour who was into moin moin business and her pot of moin moin emptied as soon as it is cooked. Customers wait around while the pot is still on fire and when she starts cooking, the aroma is so strong, enough to wake the whole neighbourhood. She always started her cooking very very early. As a child then, I thought mama Agnes never went to bed. Lol. Late at night, she is seen washing beans and cooking. Very early in the morning, she starts warming and cooking and getting ready for the day.  Now,  I know how we drive to buy moi moi from good restaurants when there is no time to cook and we need to serve moin moin with lunch. Take note that You need a large cooking pot, a large food warmer to keep your moi moi warm during sales and maybe some pepper sauce to serve to the moin moin buyers. You will also need to get take away plates or cellophane bags to pack for four customers. This my recipe for how to make moin moin with raw egg will give you amazing results. There are three ways you can go into moin moin business: One is by making and supplying to wine joints, supermarkets or restaurants.  Secondly, you can start your moin moin business by hawking the cooked moin moin in neighbourhoods with construction sites  or crowded areas like motor parks and even offices. With time, the moin moin business will grow when more people realize that you make good moi moi. The third way to make moi moi business is to open a small food joint or moi moi joint where you stay and customers troop in to buy. It may take a while before you start enjoying the business but success is sure with moin moin business, if only your moin moin is good and you are consistent. The first buyers will keep coming back whike referring you to friends and families. Before you say jack! Your small business is expanding.
• Can you make moin moin with raw egg alone without adding beans? Answer: Yes you can make moi.moi with raw eggs alone.  Here is our recipe for our nutritious egg moi moi without beans added. We call it egg moi moi on this blog.
• How do you preserve blended beans for moi moi? Answer: I preserve my blended beans in the fridge. Last month, I blended beans for moi moi but couldn’t find the time to cook. We stored the blended beans in the fridge and by the following day, it was cold and still very fresh for use. All I did was add the ingredients and cook my delicious meal.

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