Nigerian Moi Moi Wrapped In Broad Leaves

1. Palm oil moi moi wrapped in leaves
2. Tatashe and vegetable oil moi moi in cellophane bags.

moi moi served with boiled rice, chicken and kpomo tomato stew

Moi moi can be eaten like a meal. It is a complete balanced meal. Who says beans does not contain a little of carbohydrates?  It can be eaten with rice, boiled unripe plantain, akamu or even boiled yam.

wash and skinn beans before milling for moi moi

Scrubbing beans on a sharp grater to remove the skin is my own fastest way of skinning beans.Once the beans is put in water, skinning starts immediately

 INGREDIENTS

1. 3 cups beans
2. 6 hard boiled egg
3. meticulously washed moi moi leaves
4. 1 large onion
5. 3 Fresh red peppers
6. 1/2 cup ground crayfish
7. salt to taste
8. 2 seasoning cubes
9. Water

Cooking yummy moi moi

STEPS TO COOKING MY YUMMY MOI MOI

To see pictures of how thick the ground beans should look before wrapping, check out the fourth picture on this link

For Step By Step Pictures On how to wrap moi moi go HERE

• The ground beans contain the crayfish, pepper and onion already.  Add the before grinding the washed beans. Then  some warm water to make it lighter.

• Add palm oil, stirred very well before adding  salt,  and knorr cubes to taste.

• Lay the leaf on your palm, then scoop some beans into it and wrap. Wrap like when you fold a sheet of paper, with the outer part lying on top of the part close to your body.

  Before pouring in the ground beans, hold the leaf  in such a way that your little finger is the one close to your body while the thumb is farther away.

  Now bend in the side of the folded leaf that is resting on the thumb, bend it right under the folded leaf, let it stay in between the leaf and your palm.

  The part resting on the thumb is left open ‘cos that is where the beans is poured in to the folded leaf *hope I made some sense* LOL!

• After pouring in a little quantity of the beans, throw in a hard boiled full or half piece of egg before wrapping in the part on the thumb too.

• Place carefully in a pot. The stalk cut from the washed leaves should be placed on the bottom of the pot between the moi moi and the pot to prevent burning your pot.

• After all the wraps have been put in the pot…

• Pour in some boiling water ( a very little quantity of water) Continue to check and add water when it starts boiling and sending out that inviting aroma.

• Moi moi wrapped in leaves takes about an hour to really cook well, be patient a little before turning off the heat.

My simple but delicious moi moi

Cook your delicious moi moi in a large pot to prevent spillage when it begins to boil.

INGREDIENTS FOR MY TATASHE AND CELLOPHANE BAGS MOI MOI

You know that putting food in cellophane bags is not healthy, so I switch to cooking this moi moi in plastic plates.

Then again,  cooking in plastic plates is not very healthy. It’s best to cook moi moi in leaves or ceramics (Tea mugs) I just continue with my moi moi in leaves.

That would mean sticking to palm oil moi moi because I just can’t wrap Tatashe with vegetable oil/coconut milk moi moi in leaves.

1. Ground beans
2. vegetable oil
3. crayfish
4. coconut milk (optional)
5. corned beef
6. fresh red pepper
7. onion
8. salt
9. knorr cubes
10. cellophane bags ( the ones called santana)
11. water