Steamed pudding of blended peeled beans, peppers and onion, often layered with egg or fish and cooked in leaves. Soft, savoury and served with jollof at every party.
- Heat
- Gentle heat
- Kind of dish
- Snacks
- New to the food?
- Good place to start
What’s in it
- Peeled black-eyed beans
- Red bell peppers
- Onions
- Scotch bonnet pepper
- Oil
- Crayfish
- Boiled egg or fish, often
The usual main ingredients. Each kitchen cooks it its own way and says what its version contains.
Usually
- Vegan on request
- 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.