Enjoy EKURU this weekend

EKURU is a special delicacy that is loved by the people  of South-Western Nigeria, especially the people of Osun State.

It is usually prepared with peeled beans.

It is similar to moin-moin as both are made from peeled beans.

However, unlike moin-moin which is mixed with pepper and other ingredients before steaming, Ekuru is wrapped up in leaves or tin cans (similar to moin-moin) and steamed.

It is served with fried pepper stew and then mashed up with pepper stew. Ekuru is very simple to make, very nutritious and a good source of  proteins.  You can serve it with the Eko or Ogi.

Ingredients

– 360g black eyed or brown beans

– 1 small onion

– 1 big stock cube

– Salt (to taste)

– Palm-oil

– 600mls lukewarm water

Recipe

• Beans (black eyed peas)
• Dried Pepper (Jalapeño, Bawa/   Sombo)
• Onions
• Palm oil
• Salt
• Maggi
• Ponmo
• smoked mackerel

Preparation

–   Peel the beans and blend to a not-so – smooth, not – so – coarse paste.

–   Pour beans into a bowl and mix till very fluffy, if you have a mixer, you may want to use it because mixing by hand would take at least 30 minutes.

Mix till the blended beans doubles in size or it is very fluffy.

–   Wrap in leaves, you can use  small transparent cellophane bags, milk tins or foil.

–   Steam cook for about 20 minutes on high heat and it is done.

Serve hot.

For Pepper Sauce

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–   Blend pepper and onions

–   Slice ponmo very thinly and shred fish.

–   Heat palm oil in a pan and just before it gets to smoke point pour in your blended pepper and onion

–   Add ponmo and fish after the pepper has spent 10 minutes on the fire.

– Allow to simmer for about 10 minutes

–   Turn off fire once the sauce starts to sizzle.

Once your sauce is ready, pour it on the  Ekuru, mash the two together, then eat with hand or cutlery.