AKARA (Bean Cakes)

Recipe 17

Serves 8

Akara as it is popularly called in the original Nigerian setting is a very interesting snack as well as a main meal, depending on how and when it is served.

For instance Akara if served in the morning with cereals such as Pap (Ogi), Custard or Koko, it is served as a main meal while it can also come in handy as a snack if served in-between-meals.

500g/llb Beans
1 Onion
3 Fresh pepper
Warm water for mixing
Oil for frying

Salt to taste

-Soak beans for 5 minutes and wash thoroughly to remove skin.
-Grind or liquidize until smooth.
-Place in a large bowl season with salt and beat in the warm water a little at a time to make it light.

-Fold in the slices onions and mix with a metal spoon to avoid letting out the air which has been beaten in to the mixture.

-Heat the oil until a blue faint smoke appears,

-Spoon the mixture into the oil to form kind of rounded balls and fry until golden brown.

-Drain on a clean sieve or absorbent kitchen paper.Serve hot with chilli sauce.