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Moin moin

Nigerian bean pudding

Field	Value
name	Moin-moin, moi-moi
image	Moin-Moin-good.jpg
image_size	250px
alternate_name	Moyi-moyi, mai-mai, olele (ọọlẹ)
type	Pudding
main_ingredient	Black-eyed beans or honey beans, onions, fresh ground peppers, oil
place_of_origin	Yorubaland

Note

an African dish

Nigerian fried rice served with grilled fish, mixed salad and ''moi-moi''

Moin-moin, moi-moi or olele (Yoruba: mọ́yín-mọyín, ọ́lẹ̀lẹ̀) is a steamed or boiled bean pudding made from a mixture of washed and peeled beans and onions, fresh red peppers, spices, and often fish, eggs, chicken or crayfish. It is a protein-rich Yoruba food that is commonly eaten across Yorubaland and close regions in West Africa. It is also eaten among Yoruba-descent Brazilians and also called abara.

Preparation

Moi-moi is prepared from beans that have been soaked and ground into a smooth paste, then blended with dried crayfish, vegetable oil, onions, and fresh red peppers for flavor and color. To enrich it, some people stir in extras like sardines, corned beef, shredded chicken, or slices of boiled egg.

Moin-moin usually comes in a slanted pyramid shape, cylindrical shape, cone shape or other shape of the mold it is poured into prior to cooking. The pyramid shape comes from the traditional broad Ewe Eran (Thaumatococcus daniellii), or banana leaves fashioned into a cone in one's palm. Then the seasoned and garnished paste is poured into the leaves, which are folded. The cylindrical shapes come from when empty cans or foil are used.

Moin-moin is eaten alone as a snack or with rice as a meal or with ogi (pap), oatmeal, custard, salad, koko or garri.

File:Moin Moin.jpg|Sliced moin-moin File:Moimoi.JPG|Ewe-eran leaves (Thaumatococcus daniellii) File:A moin moin seller.jpg|Moin-moin seller in Nigeria File:Steaming wrapped moi moi.jpg|Moi-moi cooked and wrapped in leaves

References

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Odusanya, Yemisi. (2017-07-22). "How to bake yummy, moist moin-moin".
Ibru, Stella. (2017-07-21). "The Nigerian Moi-Moi".
Iwalaiye, Temi. (2021-12-17). "What should you use to wrap moi-moi?".
(17 May 2020). "Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves Recipe by UmmiAbdull".
Olaiya, Adeyinka. (2023-04-11). "Brazil Moi Moi, The Yoruba Ancestral Taste In The Streets Of Salvador".
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