Beans and Plantain from Ghana (Janna)

COOK TIME
40 mins

TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Soak the beans overnight. Cook them in soaking water the following day until they are easily crushed with a fork. It is essential to cook them without salt, otherwise the beans will not become soft.

2. 2

   Heat 2 tablespoons of palm oil in a frying pan. Add the very finely chopped onions and fry briefly. Puree the bean mixture, preferably with a potato masher. Make sure there is not too much water in the pot.

3. 3

   Mix 100 g tomato paste with water, add salt and chilli pepper, stir and stir into the bean mixture. If the bean paste has become too thin, let it cool down in a closed pot and then reheat it.

4. 4

   Otherwise serve warm bean porridge with the plantains.

5. 5

   Before: Peel the plantain and cut into slices. Add oil and the rest of the palm oil to the pan. Fry until crispy.