This is a recipe for a local Ghanain favourite - Rita has cooked it for us a couple of times now, we eat it for lunch with coco yams - and it seems to fill you up for the rest of the day. I'm not sure if you'll be able to get palm oil in Australia - its made from the little orange/red seeds that grow in big bunches on a palm tree. Its a thick red oil with a strong flavour. I guess that olive oil would be the best substitute (although I haven't tried it with that).
Ingredients:
1 cup Black-eyed beans (dried)
1/2 cup palm oil
1 onion, cut into thin wedges
4 tomatoes, cut into thin wedges
small tin of tuna, or other similar fish (herring, mackerel)
chilli powder to taste, or paprika if you prefer no heat
Method:
Boil the beans in water for two hours or until soft. Drain and rinse.
Heat palm oil, add onions for 1-2 minutes and then tomatoes. Cook for a short time until the liquid boils down a little. Add tuna fish and chilli. Add cooked beans. Allow to cook for a further 15 minutes until quite thick.
Serve with coco yams, yams, or bread or potatoes.
Apparently next we're trying snails (which are big buggers!) with a cocoyam (spinach) soup - hmmm???
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