Today, Bobos and I were in the
same gastronomical spiritual Zone... i have been craving Akara (Beans cake) all
night and immediately he mentioned it in bed this morning, i said this Bobo
must be in the spirit, so off i went to my weevils ridden beans he was about to
throw out last week (rather than use the new beans i can use this one and avoid
some waste,
shey am going to wash the skin and weevils away kpa kpa)....
I
poured plenty water into the beans so all the weevils can float, no need to
pick beans cos i don't want weevils flying everywhere. Sieved the floating weevils away and off came some chaff too...
To reduce
prep time, rather than hand-wash to peel off skin, i put my food processor to
use (growing up, i used grinding stone or pounding mortar to rub off the skin
from the Beans)
Run
each batch for 10- 15 seconds....
Finish
up the batches
This is
what u get...
Transfer
to a bowl and with plenty water, separate the skin from the beans, (when u pour
water, the skin floats and u just carefully pour it out of bowl, leaving the
clean beans behind) discard skin....
Clean some scotch Bonnet pepper (add pepper to
your taste) and Onions. Now i have approximately 3 blenders for various things
i cook but the one that can grind my beans to paste developed fault. So i have
to commission dear Ishaya to help me go grind it at the market close by (you
need a smooth paste for Akara, no one wants to bite some hard grains in
between)... Beans, Pepper and Onions packed, Ishaya to the rescue with an
instruction "Don't let them grind it with so much water, i don't want a
watery consistency. It must be smooth and not watery)
So
Ishaya gone for like 20 mins, Bobos too gone to play Tennis, i decided to eat
breakfast... put some chicken sausage on the frying pan
Made a cup of Tea
too....
Yaaayyy!
Ishaya is back!... so Akara progresses.... this is the smooth and not watery
paste, if i need to add water, i will do it myself...
Heat
up some Canola oil in the Frying pan...
Seasoning
with 2 Seasoning cubes and Salt
Mix
well to incorporate everything
Be sure
to moderately use salt and seasoning cos no remedy if it gets too much... taste
as you go
The consistency should not drip of a spoon after mixing so less water is key but it
should be smooth and fluff
Drop
mix into the frying pan with the spoon and mind the spacing
Frying
away,... we are looking for that golden brown
First Batch out, i am happy and i know someone
is going to be happy too (He already has his Ijebu Garri on standby)...
Foodaholics, try it. Its easy, ingredients are easy to get too and i think i
have taken you through the process like i have a Phd in Akara matters.
Have a beautiful weekend, Love you all to the moon and
back and a return journey.... muuuaahhh!
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