Moin Moin

Name: Moin Moin
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: West African
Ingredients: 300g dried black-eyed beans, soaked for 2 hours; 1 red pepper, roughly chopped; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 1 Scotch bonnet chilli; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 250ml warm water; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 1 gluten free dairy free egg free vegetable stock cube, crumbled; 2 tbsp ground crayfish

Soft, steamed black-eyed bean puddings flavoured with pepper and onion, a Nigerian party favourite.

Time1 hr 10 plus soaking
LevelMedium
Costabout £0.44 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings

Ingredients

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300 gdried black-eyed beanssoaked for 2 hours
1red pepperroughly chopped
1onionroughly chopped
1Scotch bonnet chilli
4 tbspvegetable oil
250 mlwarm water
1 tspground black pepper
1gluten free dairy free egg free vegetable stock cubecrumbled
2 tbspground crayfish

Method

1
Rub the soaked beans between your hands to loosen the skins. Rinse in water until most skins float away and drain.
2
Blitz the beans with the pepper, onion, chilli and warm water until completely smooth.
3
Stir in the oil, black pepper, stock cube and crayfish. The mix should be like thick pancake batter.
4
Pour into 6 heatproof ramekins or small foil dishes, filling each three-quarters full, and cover each tightly with foil.
5
Stand them in a large pan with 3 cm of boiling water, cover, and steam for 45 minutes until set firm in the middle.
45 min
6
Cool for 5 minutes, then eat warm with pap, bread or jollof rice.

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.