Savoury Peanut Beans & Sesame Eggs
🇬🇠Ghana
Ingredients
- 1 stalk lemongrass
- 1 scotch bonnet chilli
- 5g fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 150ml water
- 2 x 400g cans cooked butter beans
- 2 tbsp dark roast peanut butter
- 4 eggs
- 70g toasted sesame seeds
- Olive oil
- 300g cabbage
- 20g fresh mint
- 20g toasted sesame seeds
- 70ml apple cider vinegar
- 40ml olive oil
Steps
- Finely mince the lemongrass and scotch bonnet chilli. Finely grate the garlic and ginger.
- Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the lemongrass, ginger, garlic, scotch bonnet, and tomato purée; fry 3-4 minutes until the tomato purée darkens.
- Pour in the water, butter beans with their liquid, and stir in the peanut butter. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer until ready to serve. Season with salt and pepper, adding more water if needed.
- Meanwhile, bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Gently add the eggs and cook for 7 minutes. Transfer to a bowl of ice water for a couple of minutes, then peel.
- Roll the peeled eggs in the toasted sesame seeds until fully coated.
- For the slaw, finely shred the cabbage and pick the mint leaves. Toss in a bowl with the vinegar, olive oil, and sesame seeds. Season with salt and set aside.
- To serve, spoon the peanut beans into bowls. Halve the eggs and place on top along with the minty cabbage slaw.
Source: www.mob.co.uk