Abula (Nigerian Three Stews)

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried beans
• 2 large pieces of meat, cut into pieces
• ½ cup palm oil
• 1 onion
• 2 teaspoons ground crayfish
• Salt to taste
• 2 dryfish
• 3 cups ewedu leaves
• 1 piece of potash
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 stock cube
• 2 nylons of fermented locust beans
• 2 red bell peppers
• 3 tomatoes

Steps

1. 1

   Soak the beans in water overnight. Remove and discard the skins.

2. 2

   Boil the beans in fresh water until very soft. Drain well.

3. 3

   Blend the beans to a purée using a blender. Set aside.

4. 4

   Boil the meat in a pot of water with onions and spices. Remove the meat and set aside.

5. 5

   Heat a small amount of palm oil in a pot. Add the blended beans, crayfish, salt, boiled meat, and dryfish. Cook until the fish is softened.

6. 6

   Boil the ewedu for about 15 minutes.

7. 7

   Soften with potash, then add a pinch of salt and stock cube.

8. 8

   Blend the ewedu mixture until smooth, and stir in the locust beans.

9. 9

   Reduce the heat, and allow to simmer.

10. 10

    Blend the pepper and tomato together until smooth.

11. 11

    Heat a small amount of oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the blended mixture, and cook until it loses the raw flavor.

12. 12

    Serve the pepper sauce in one dish with the gbegiri and ewedu.