Moyin-Moyin

Ingredient	Handy measure
Cowpea	2 cups
Onion	1 big size
Fresh red pepper	5 medium size/ to taste
Tatase	2 medium size
Palm/vegetable oil	4 dessert spoon
Chunky ingredients ( e. g. fish, corn beef, boiled egg, fresh crayfish, chopped liver, chopped ham e.t.c.)	As desired
Salt	to taste

• Hulled the cowpea
• Add onion, red pepper and tatase
• Make the mixture into paste
• Warm the oil and stir in
• Add hot water slowly till mixture coats the back of the spoon
• Fold in one or more of the chunky ingredients
• Wrap in leaves, cooking cellophanes or put in small baking tins about ¾ full
• Cook in steamer for about 55mins.

N.B. All chunky ingredient must be cooked and flaked or chopped into small chunks before added

It can be served with ogi, eko, rice, soaked gaari and salad

Cowpea Stew - Gbegiri

Ingredients	Handy Measure
Cowpea	2 cups
Dry ground pepper (red)	1 tsp
Ground onion	1 small
Dry crayfish	1 tsp
Salt	To taste
Water	⅔ of a liter

• Hulled the cowpea as earlier explained.
• Add potash and bring to boil in water.
• Turn the heat down and cook till very soft.
• Sieve or mash the beans with spoon or cooking broom (ijabe).
• Add pepper, onion, dry crayfish and salt and cook for 20 minutes.
• Stir frequently to prevent scorching.

It is best eaten with amala, tuwo and eko