Ghanaian Red Red

Ingredients

• 3 cups Black eyed peas ((cleaned and soaked overnight))
• 2 medium onions (( chopped ))
• 1 Tbsp sugar or 2 satchets of truvia sweetener. ((I sweeten my black eyed peas but not my brown beans))
• 1 1/2 cup Palm oil
• 2 Tbsp ground crayfish ((optional))
• salt/ bouillon to taste
• 2 large red bell peppers ??
• 1 large plum tomato ?
• 1 Habanero or scotch bonnet pepper
• 2 garlic cloves ((crushed))
• Water ??

Instructions

1. 1

   Decant excess water from soaked beans,then rinse lightly careful not to peel the beans.

2. 2

   When the beans begins to boil, add half of the chopped onions, sweetener and salt / bouillon to taste.

3. 3

   Cook till beans is well cooked and soft but not mushy. While the beans is cooking, prepare the sauce.

4. 4

   --- The Tomato/pepper sauce: ---

5. 5

   Wash tomatoes and peppers then blend coarsely.

6. 6

   Heat up Palm oil in a sauce pan, Please watch closely. Saute the other half of the chopped onions with the crushed garlic till onions become translucent

7. 7

   Pour in the tomato/pepper blend,then the crayfish. Stir in and Cook sauce till it reduces in size (water has evaporated) and is well fried. Then turn off heat.

8. 8

   --- Bringing its all together ---

9. 9

   When the beans is well cooked, and soft to touch, reduce heat and mix in the sauce with the cooked beans until well blended.

10. 10

    Turn off heat.

11. 11

    Serve with fried plantains which happens to be the second 'red' in 'Red-Red'

12. 12

    Or serve with sprinkle of garri (cassava flakes) over the beans.