Mashed beans with crispy fried sweet potatoes and palm oil stew. Learn how to make beans mashed potatoes with ToiMoi&Cuisine/en. This simple, economical and delicious dish is very common in the Bamileke cuisine in Cameroon. When the beans porridge is soft, add the onions, crayfish (if using it), pepper and seasoning.
I accidentally misread the directions and grated the sweet potatoes finely instead of coarsely.
The consistency of the mixture ended up being quite wet.
Sweet Fried Plantains and beans stew is my favorite food ever, it brings me so much good memories from my childhood.
You can cook Mashed beans with crispy fried sweet potatoes and palm oil stew using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mashed beans with crispy fried sweet potatoes and palm oil stew
- Prepare 2 cups of black eyed beans.
- It's 2 litres of clean water.
- It's to taste of Salt.
- It's of Onion.
- Prepare of Fried potatoes.
- It's 2 of balls medium size sweet potatoes.
- Prepare of Oil for frying.
- It's of Salt.
- Prepare of Palm oil stew.
- It's of Scotch bonnet peppers(as desired).
- It's of Red bell pepper (as desired).
- It's of Enough onions 3-4 big bulbs (chopped and sliced).
- It's to taste of Salt.
- It's 21/2 of cooking spoon Palm oil.
- It's of Mixed spices.
- Prepare of Fresh ginger.
- Prepare of Garlic.
- You need of Crayfish.
It's a Ghanaian recipe that is packed with so much flavor. One of the most popular dish of the country is basically a spiced chicken dish which is cooked and flavored in palm oil. It is usually served with hot rice, plantain, yams or mashed potatoes. Shepherd's pie with vegetables: Broccoli, mushrooms, and cauliflower are baked in a creamy sauce and topped with mashed potatoes.; Potato patties with Swiss chard: Vibrantly colorful and made with leftover mashed potatoes, these pan-fried are quick and easy to make and keep and freeze well.
Mashed beans with crispy fried sweet potatoes and palm oil stew instructions
- Pick beans and rinse in cold water, pour into clean pot, add a litre of water. Place on heat source and allow to boil for 30minutes.
- Bring beans down and drain water(parboiling), rinse with extra water(this procedure helps to prevent/reduce bloating without peeling the beans skin off).
- Place back in the pot and add the other litre of water, chopped onion and salt(be careful as beans tends to absorb salt quickly). Place on heat source and allow to cook until very soft, reduce heat to avoid burning. Mash with spatula or spoon..
- For the crispy potatoes, wash, peel and cut potatoes to desired shapes and sizes..
- Rinse in clean water and transfer into another bowl of salt water.
- Put oil in a clean pan for frying, when hot enough, take some quantity from the potatoes with little quantity of salt water and gently lower into hot oil to avoid oil splash. Allow to fry but not burn. Do this for all and drain excess oil.
- For the palm oil stew: roughly blend all stew ingredients (peppers, onions, ginger, garlic, crayfish) not too rough nor too smooth(best consistency for beans stew).
- Place oil(palm) on fire, do not bleach but allow it to get very hot a bit, put some slices of onions, when sauteed, pour in the pepper mixture, allow to fry for 5mins, add salt, and other spices. Let it fry on low heat stirring at intervals to avoid burning. When properly fried, you will notice no traces of water and the oil is on top. Our stew is ready..
- Serve with the beans and potatoes, garnish with salad.
A great way to use up leftover mashed potatoes. So I tried batter - after all it makes chicken, shrimp, and onion rings crispy so why not potatoes. Now even my husband can't get enough of these French fries. They even stay crispy when you reheat in the microwave. Chicken and shrimp cooked with palm oil, coconut milk, cashews, peanut paste, and fresh herbs.