Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, moi moi wrapped in banana leaves. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Wrapping your moi moi in banana leaves is pretty easy. Practice a few times and you will be wrapping like a pro :-) Moi Moi also pronounced "Moin Moin" is. Moi-moi or Moin-Moin is one of the most popular dishes in Nigeria.
Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have moi moi wrapped in banana leaves using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves:
- Make ready Beans (peeled and washed)
- Prepare Red bell peppers
- Get Scotch bonnet
- Prepare Onion
- Take Cray fish
- Take Ginger
- Get Seasoning (maggi cubes, onga & salt)
- Get Veg oil
- Get Water
- Make ready Boiled eggs
- Take leaves Fresh banana
Everyone will agree that wrapping moi moi in local leaves is the best. Anyone that argues with you over this must either not have taste buds, or a My Aunties used to lament about how wrapping moi moi is gradually becoming a lost art. Most of you ladies of nowadays take the easy route they would. Aside from wrapping moi-moi in banana leaves, people would usually scoop the paste in tins/cups in other to steam it.
Steps to make Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves:
- Blend the Beans with the first five ingredients.
- Pour into a bowl and add oil, seasoning(to taste), stir.
- Add water to desired consistency and stir again.
- Fold the leave into the shape of a cone and brake bottom backwards.
- Pour about ½ a cup of grounded beans into the cone, add the eggs.
- Fold the top inside and make sure there are no openings.
- Put water into a cooking pot and add the all the wraps inside, Allow to cook for 30 mins.
- Or
- Place an iron colander over a pot of boiling water and place the wraps inside, cover and allow to steam for 30-40 mins.
- NOTE: this method prevents water from entering into the wraps.
- Open a wrap to see if it's cooked through then serve.
Moi-moi Cooking time usually depends on the quantity of paste inside an individual wrap; for instance one-cup wrap will cook faster than two-cup wrap. These leaves are also called 'uma' leaves or simply moi moi leaves. The native method of steaming moi moi involves wrapping them in these leaves and steaming in a pot of water. Moi moi leaves are a broad papery leaf, similar to banana leaves that are able to hold the blended beans while they cook. Where I live in Europe , Moi moi leaves are not available (not even at the African stores) and even though we have to settle for banana leaves, we get it frozen And if you are lucky to get your hands on perfect moi moi leaves but still struggle with wrapping the leaves; get ready to start enjoying that.
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