Food Minia

Quite simply one of the most popular food pairing/combo in the entire Nigerian cuisine pantry. Beans and plantain offer a really nutritionally balanced and great tasting dish.  I love the simplicity and frugality of this combo and whether you like your beans all well mashed up, cooked plain with added pepper sauce or stewed in a thin sauce, it always catches my attention. Here I share one of my earliest well presented beans and dodo dish, encouraging you to try some out this weekend.... See a full recipes of my popular beans and dodo dishes Layered Beans Yam and Plantain Beans. Plantains, Meatballs Hotpot

I like you to explore new ways of cooking moin moin because I totally understand how tedious the process can be. So I personally always explore new ways to make my life easier in the kitchen. I was working with a hotel in Lagos recently and was asked to come up with a new way to serve moin moin as a buffet option. Typically, moin moin is cooked in individual containers or portions.....so to save space on the buffet table and create a more compact and individualized platter, I decided to steam (not bake) the moin moin in a bread loaf tin. This made the moin moin come out shaped like a loaf, and was really easy to slice into individual portions, easy for diners to take slice by slice. See some of my delicious moin moin recipes: 1. Moin moin made with fresh beans 2. Moin moin made with bean flour What to do Make your moin moin batter as usual and pour into a non stick baking pan. Then carefully place the pan into a steamer and steam until cooked. The time may vary depending on how deep th...