Adalu, beans and corn porridge
Gaga
Adalu, beans and corn porridge is a mix of sweet and savoury, and it is very scrumptious.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Course Breakfast, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Nigerian, yoruba
- 2 cups brown beans
- 1 medium red onions chopped (1 cup chopped onions), divided
- 2 tablespoons ground crayfish
- 2 seasoning cubes
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- 2 ground scotch bonnet fresh pepper
- salt
- ¼ cup palm oil 1 cooking spoon
- ½ - 1 cup sweet corn fresh, canned or frozen
Pick through beans then rinse in water and place in a medium-sized pot, add half of the onions and 5 cups of water. Bring to a boil.
Boil beans until it is tender, but not mushy. Add water a little at a time until it is tender. There shouldn't be much water remaining at the stage when the beans is tender so be careful when adding extra water.
Add the rest of the onions, crayfish, seasoning cubes, chilli powder and pepper, taste then add salt and palm oil.
Stir and lower the heat. Cook for about 10 minutes.
Stir in the sweet corn, and turn off the heat.
- Serve Adalu, beans and corn porridge with fried or boiled plantain, yam, sweet potato, bread, soaked garri or jollof rice.
- Use a pressure pot to boil your beans to cut down cooking time.
Keyword adalu, beans and corn