Beans boiled until they collapse into a soft mash, topped with a near-black sauce of fried dried pepper and onion in a lot of oil. Eaten with bread and named after the Egun sellers who made it a Lagos institution.
- Heat
- Hot
- Kind of dish
- Sides
- New to the food?
- Good place to start
What’s in it
- Black-eyed or honey beans
- Dried chillies
- Onions
- Palm oil
- Crayfish
The usual main ingredients. Each kitchen cooks it its own way and says what its version contains.
Usually
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Halal-friendly
How a particular kitchen makes it is theirs to say. Every dish on mamaPut carries the cook’s own answer, and allergies are worth asking them about directly.