Moi-moi Roll-up Recipe

Moi-moi roll-up is a delicious and savory Nigerian breakfast staple made from pureed beans. It is also a perfect delicacy for your brunch or special valentine breakfast.

Ingredients

2 cups of peeled and washed beans

2 medium sized onions

Some fruits of red pepper (tatashe)

Small ginger (peeled)

1 sprig green onion (optional)

3 eggs (2boiled and 1raw)

1 table spoon vegetable oil or butter

Half teaspoon of pepper flakes

Half cup of crayfish

Maggi (to taste)

Salt (to taste)

Procedures

Pour in the beans, 1 onion, some fresh pepper, 1/2 cup water and ginger and puree to a fine paste in a blender and blend.

Chop the remaining fresh pepper and onion. Slice the boiled egg to preferred sizes and mince the green onion (if using).

Melt butter. Add maggi and salt to taste, a little grounded crayfish, pepper flakes stir till everything mixes evenly. Add in pureed beans and raw egg. Mix well for 3-5mins using a hand mixer.

Line an oven tray with culinary parchment (or aluminum foil). Pour in the moimoi batter and spread out evenly. Shake pan gently to distribute, you can now add the chopped ingredients.

Bake moimoi for 15 minutes (until lifted at the edges and set).

As soon as you remove the moimoi from the oven, start the roll. Starting at one short end, peel off parcment until rolled to the end.

Serve with rice or pap.