Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach
Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach

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Great recipe for Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach. So it was a Thursday afternoon and was indecisive of what to make then it dawned on me, I could make beans and plus there was plantain in the house. So I made this recipe with all my heart.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have porridge beans with fried plantain and steamed spinach using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach:
  1. Make ready 3 cups Beans
  2. Get 1 large onion bulb
  3. Get 7 bell peppers
  4. Make ready 1 cup crayfish
  5. Prepare 1 1/2 cup palm oil
  6. Prepare 2 tsp salt to taste
  7. Take 2 knorr for seasoning
  8. Take 2 medium dry fish
  9. Get 1 tsp Piper guineense (uziza seeds)
  10. Take 3 plantains
  11. Get 3 ounces spinach

It could be found Jamaica, Florida, the Caribbean, Nigeria, Cameroon, Japan, and Peru. It can be eaten boiled, fried or baked and served with vegetable sauce or palm oil. We describe how this versatile fruit can be used in making the green plantain porridge. Mash the plantain a little with a potato masher to lightly thicken the stew.

Steps to make Porridge Beans With Fried Plantain and steamed Spinach:
  1. Wash beans and place in a pressure cookware, add half of onion bulb(sliced) and bring to boil.
  2. Blend fresh red bell pepper, remaining half of large onion bulb and Piper guineense(uziza) together and set aside.
  3. In a bowl, place dry fish in a cup if hot water, wash and set aside
  4. Blend crayfish dry and set aside.
  5. When beans is almost soft, add grounded pepper, crayfish, salt, knorr, dry fish and palm oil then bring to boil.
  6. Once the oil is cooked, the porridge beans is ready.
  7. Add vegetable oil in a pan and place it on the gas until hot.
  8. Season plantain with a pinch of salt and add to the hot oil.
  9. Once golden brown, strain and set aside.
  10. In a skillet, place diced spinach with a pinch of salt and little water and simmer for 5mins
  11. Serve while hot and garnish with fried fish, meat or chicken and delight your taste buds!
  12. Substitute - you can use ground dry chillies in place of fresh pepper, also if you don't have a pressure pot, add some onions or potash to make the beans soft on time
  13. Happy eating and do let me know if you tried it or other variations. Thank you.

Stir in the spinach, ugu leaf or other greens and salt and pepper to taste. Popular accompaniments include grilled or fried fish or chicken. Nigerian Beans and plantain porridge is a meal made up of ripe plantains and beans. This is tasty dish and has become popular over the years , as most parents have discovered it as a way of getting their kids to eat beans. The addition of the ripe plantains, gives the meal , that sweet taste that kids love so much.

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