Beans pottage (red red)

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Beans pottage (red red)

This fabulous recipe is created by Nigerian food blogger, MIH teacher and cookery book author Duchess Nena to celebrate Black History Month

Ingredients

• 3 cups of Black eyed peas
• ¼ Cup of palm oil (optional)
• 2 fresh tomatoes
• 1 scotch bonnet peppers
• 1 red onion
• 1 large bell pepper
• 1 vegetable cube
• ½ tsp of lru 
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Soak beans in cold water over night to remove phytic acid

2. Wash and put in a pot filled with water. Cook on high heat for 40 minutes the beans or until tender

3. In a blender, add the tomatoes, onions, scotch bonnet, bell pepper, iru and 1 cup of water. Blend till pureed and transfer into the cooking beans. Add salt to taste.

4. Add the oil ( optional)

5. Cook for a further 15 minutes

6. Serve by itself, with fried plantain and vegetables or as a sauce for rice