A RECIPE FOR NIGERIAN PEELED BEANS PORRIDGE

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Welcome
to My Woven Words! You are on your path to discovering how to
prepare, a mouth-licking, palatable recipe… You can and will prepare a
sensational Peeled Beans Porridge, just by following simple steps.

If you don’t like the
classic beans porridge, Peeled Beans Porridge is one way to keep beans in your
family menu. It is great for kids and they love it.

This recipe tastes so
much like breadfruit porridge so if you are craving breadfruit and you can’t
buy it where you live, go for Peeled Beans Porridge. All you need to do is add
dry fish to the recipe and you are good to go. What more, this recipe will not
make you feel bloated because the beans coat is removed.

INGREDIENTS
FOR PEELED BEANS PORRIDGE (BABY FOOD VERSION)

2 cigar cups
(approx. 500g) beans (brown/black-eyed)
2 cooking
spoons red palm oil
1 tablespoon
ground crayfish
1 medium
onion
Pepper and
salt (to taste)
1 big stock
cube
100g chicken
breast

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INGREDIENTS FOR PEELED BEANS PORRIDGE (UKWA VERSION)

If you want your Peeled Beans Porridge to taste
like Breadfruit Porridge (Ukwa) please use the following ingredients:

2 cigar cups
(approx. 500g) beans (brown/black-eyed)
2 cooking
spoons red palm oil
1 tablespoon
ground crayfish
1 medium
onion
Pepper and
salt (to taste)
1 big stock
cube
Dry Fish

NOTES ON THE INGREDIENTS:

If you want
to prepare this recipe for a baby that is less than 1 year old, please do
not add salt.
If you don’t
feel comfortable adding pepper to your baby’s food, please skip this
ingredient.

BEFORE YOU
COOK PEELED BEANS PORRIDGE

Remove the
beans coat.
Chop the
onions, grind the crayfish and pepper.
Cut the
chicken breast into small pieces.
If you are
cooking the breadfruit-taste-alike version, soak the dry fish and separate
into small pieces.

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COOKING
DIRECTIONS

Put the
peeled beans in a pot, pour water up to the same level as the beans and
start cooking. If using the dry fish, add it at this time.
Cook till
tender adding more water from time to time, if necessary. Always keep the
water at the same level as the beans so that when the beans is done, you
will not have too much water in the porridge.
When the
beans is soft, add the onions, crayfish, pepper and seasoning, stir well.
Add palm oil
and cook till the oil changes to deep yellow.
Stir very
well, add salt to taste and it is ready to be served. Bear in mind that
the porridge may look watery at this time but it gets thicker when it has
cooled down.

If you prepared it for your baby, place single
feed portions in a flat plate, wrap with a plastic film and freeze.

Once frozen, remove the now solidified portions
and place in a ziploc bag or container and put back in the freezer. So when you
want to feed your baby, all you need to do is bring one portion out and warm it
up in the microwave.