Ekuru

Name: Ekuru
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 cups black-eyed peas, peeled; 1 onion, chopped; Pepper sauce, for serving; Banana leaves, for wrapping

Ekuru/eh-KOO-roo/

Also known as: White Bean Cake

About this dish

A steamed bean cake made without palm oil, pale and delicate, served with a spicy sauce.

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Ingredients

🫘2 cups black-eyed peas, peeled

🧅1 onion, chopped

🌶️Pepper sauce, for serving

🍃Banana leaves, for wrapping

Method

Serves 4

Blend the peeled beans with onion into a smooth batter.

Season lightly with salt.

Wrap portions in banana leaves or pour into small bowls.

Steam for about 45 minutes until firm.

Serve with a spicy pepper sauce or stew.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ekuru is a traditional Yoruba steamed bean cake, distinguished from moin moin by its lack of palm oil.

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