To Patience Obaswae.
I have had this recipe in my files for over 35 yrs, when I met Patience, she gave me a list of ingredients, and I have finally converted it to the Instant Pot! The IP makes this possible to make in less than 4 hours including soak time, Compared to all day.
It’s Another name for Bean Pudding. Delicious Savory side dish or can be made into a meal by adding Hard boiled egg and or Corned beef, pulled, pork or shredded or chunked cooked chicken .
Making this dish is a little tedious at first but I think worth the time. You can freeze it and reheat it too. So after you have made it once, you will either decide to never do it again, because it’s a little tedious, similar to the time making tamales, or you may want to make extra to freeze. Watch a utube video on making Moi Moi or Moin Moin. Other recipes call for raw onion and more tomato paste, and you really can do whatever. This is just my personal preference. I feel that the onion and garlic powders are a better ingredient for this being cooked in the Instant Pot, because it is a pressure cooked steamed pudding where the raw onion and garlic are too pungent. So if you insist on using fresh onion and garlic, I would fully sauté them both in the oil first.
Also Moi moi can be made in individual servings with a boiled egg or shredded meat in it (corned beef) or like pulled pork or chicken . Etc, sometimes both. It can also be made in seperate little cans with no egg or meat, just for a side dish.
You will need a Blender, a mini bundt pan, or mini loaf pans or even the Egg Bites mold.
My recipe is not the same as the original. I have altered it?
I use Costco’s Better than Bullion Chicken but you could replace that with Chicken broth as liquid in place of water.
1 c Black Eyed Peas Soaked for 1-2 hrs and peeled, see instructions below.
1 1/2 Tbsp Tomato Powder. Or Tomato Paste
1/4- 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper
A few shakes Salt.
1/2 tsp Indian Curry powder.
1 Tsp Cumin.
1/4 tsp Turmeric.
1/4 Tsp cayenne.
1 Tsp Chili Powder to sprinkle on the bottom.
Red Chili flakes to sprinkle on the bottom
2 Tbsp Wesson Oil or specialty, I also use Safflower. Pistachio or pecan.
1 tsp Onion Powder.
1 Tbsp Costco’s Better than Bullion Chicken
OPTIONAL: 1/2 of a Hot Pepper like Jalapeno or Serrano.
Soak the beans in a large pot for a couple of hours and then Remove husks of peas by using both hands, grab a handful of the peas rubbing together, loosening skins. Keep washing them. The skins will float so carefully pour the skins off and refresh the water, Repeat.
Fill your Blender with cool water and dump the peas in. Pulse at hi speed for about 2-3 seconds at a time …this will loosen more of the skins and it will also break the peas up.. this is the original, I had to jot it down quickly, because I had a hard time understanding her heavy accent.
Now it’s time to blend the mixture. Drain the beans well and make sure that you get all of the skins off. Put the beans back into the blender on the bottom. Add 1 cup warm water, and then all the rest of the ingredients. Blend at hi speed for a couple of minutes until the mixture is very well puréed. . Taste the mixture and see if you may want a little more spices, and adjust to your taste.
Pour the recommended amount of liquid into the bottom of the inner pot. Spray the lid or foil. Set aside. Spray the interior of your pan, in my case, a mini bundt pan. Put a long handled trivet inside. Pour the batter all into your mini bundt pan, sprinkle lightly with Red Pepper Flakes , and Chili Powder . Cover with foil or something like the bottom of a spring form pan. Set the pan down onto the trivet. Put the Lid on and set the time for 20 min, and 30 min NPR.
