Moyin-Moyin I

Description
Steamed savoury bean cake

Ingredients

 * 500 g / 1 lb beans
 * 3 fresh chillies (liquidised)
 * 1 large onion (liquidised)
 * 200 ml / 7 fl. oz oil
 * 225 g / 8 oz fresh prawns
 * 2 soft boiled egg
 * warm water to mix
 * leaves for wrapping
 * salt to taste

Directions

 * 1) Soak the beans for 5 minutes, wash thoroughly to remove skin.
 * 2) Grind or liquidize until smooth.
 * 3) If you haven't got a steamer, arrange a false base with leaves or tin foil and bring to boil.
 * 4) Mix the ground beans with other ingredients, add the warm water a little at a time until mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon.
 * 5) Place mixture on clean leaves and wrap into parcels, arrange parcels carefully in the pot of boiling water, cover with a tight fitting lid avoid steam escaping, and steam for 1 hour or until moyin-moyin is cooked.
 * 6) Refill pot with boiling water if dry during cooking process.
 * 7) The parcels of beans should be firm to the touch after exposure to the air for a few minutes.
 * 8) Unwrap the leaves and serve with cold eko.
 * 9) The mixture can also be steam dariole moulds or foil container.