Nigerian Ewa Agoyin
Ewa agoyin is a popular Nigerian street food made from very soft and mashed beans with a rich, spicy, and deeply caramelized pepper sauce. Known for being simple, filling, and very flavorful, it is widely enjoyed across Nigeria, especially in cities like Lagos, where it is a common breakfast or lunch meal and is often served with bread, plantain, or yam.
Ingredients
- 4 cups brown beans or honey beans
- Salt to taste
- 2 cups water
- 8–10 dried red chile peppers
- 1 onion
- 1 cup palm oil
- 1 seasoning cube
- 1 spoon ground crayfish
- A little garlic or ginger
- 2–3 teaspoons locusts beans
Ingredients for 14 servings (3.4 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Cook the beans in plenty of water until they become extremely soft and mushy.
- 2
Stir or lightly mash the cooked beans until you get a smooth, thick, porridge-like texture. Season with salt to taste, and set aside.
- 3
Blend or grind dried pepper and fry it with chopped onions in a pot or pan.
Stovetop - 4
Add salt and seasoning cubes if desired, and continue frying until the oil rises and the sauce is well cooked.
Stovetop - 5
Spoon the hot pepper sauce over the mashed beans and serve.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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