Ewa Agoyin Sauce Recipe

 

Ewa Agoyin Sauce on Mashed beans.

Ewa Agoyin sauce is a spicy sauce used as a topping for  the popular west African cooked and mashed beans,known as Ewa Agoyin.
 This sauce can also be used to serve boiled rice, fried yams, potatoes and  plantains. 
  Here's the recipe . Enjoy!

For the Ewa Agoyin sauce:
*4 habanero peppers
*1 large bell pepper
*2 roma tomatoes(fresh tomatoes)
*1 cup palm oil
*2 onion bulbs (chopped)
*1 tablespoonful  ground crayfish
*1tsp salt
*1 stock  cube(maggi, knorr)


--Preparation of Ewa Agoyin Stew / sauce

 *Coarsely Blend the tomatoes , peppers and one onion bulb...place in a pot and dry out the liquid in it..be careful not to burn it.

*In a separate pot, pour  the palm oil, heat it up on medium heat until it changes  from its natural red color to golden...it should look more like vegetable oil now.

*Now add chopped onions, and fry until the onions caramelizes..that is , when the onion turns brown or black..but not burnt.This usually takes some time. Then add some crayfish and fry a bit.

* Add the parboiled tomatoes and pepper mixture to the oil, and fry. Stir continuously until the onions is no longer visible and the sauce begins to darken a bit.

*Now add the stock cubes and salt to taste, mix well...cover and leave to simmer for 5 minutes... put of the heat and your sauce is read to be placed on the beans.

Place on cooked beans, yams, potatoes and Rice.
Enjoy!