Easy Akara Recipe

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!