How to make a Sumptuous Akara

Àkàrà is a popular Nigerian breakfast meal, it is a deep fried snack made from a brown or black-eyed beans with spices. Àkàrà is also known as bean cakes or bean balls.

Àkàrà Recipes and Ingredients
2 cups of brown or black eyed (peeled or unpeeled)
2-3 habanero peppers (Atarodo)
1 small onion
1 tablespoon ground crayfish
1 stock cubes (Knorr chicken)
Salt to taste
Vegetable oil or palm oil for frying.

Directions
* Pick the beans to remove dirts and stones
* Soak the beans in the water to peel which is the traditional method. After peeling and the coat has been thoroughly removed. Let the beans still be soaked for 15 to 20minutes to make it tender/soft for grinding.
* Then pour the beans into the blender, add the pepper and onion then blend together with small quantity of water until smooth and but thick.
* Pour the blended mixture into a bowl, add the ground crayfish, stock(Knorr chicken) and salt to taste. And mix properly with wooden spoon.
* Place the vegetable oil or palm oil into a deep pot or frying pan. Heat up the oil until hot.
* Using a tablespoon, Scoop the mixture and drop it gently into the hot oil

Then fry the Àkàrà until brown and make sure you turn it over so that both sides is done properly. 

Let the mixture be fluffy enough so that it won't sink into the oil. It will float immediately so that the Àkàrà doesn't absorb too much oil. 

Àkàrà is a very healthy and sweet food. It can be served and enjoyed with Oats, Pap, Custard, Eko tútù /Agídí or Bread. It can as well be taken alone.

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