Recipe: Akara Toasties

So tomorrow is Saturday and I feel it apt to post this recipe as I assume most Nigerian homes often have akara as breakfast... This is recipe is a #WeightWatcher point and a  great innovation,  brilliant actually.  I saw this low calorie cooking method of akara as against deep fried method (and healthy version) on a Facebook foodie group I'm in and I was dumbfounded because I stopped eating unhealthy food especially deep fried food since my move to healthy lifestyle.  I had to give a try and I tell same taste, and texture with traditional akara



Ingredient

1 1⁄2 cups dried black-eyetraditionalown beans (or beans flour just skip the skinning prep)
2 onions, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
2 fresh hot red scotch bonnet peppers, chopped
1/2  of green bell pepper (optional)
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
 Canola oil or oil spray for greasing.


Preparation

Soak beans for about an hour or more.Drain bean and remove skin by rubbing the skins off between your hands.This takes a while. Fill the bowl with water and let the skins rise to the top, then pour them off using a seive to collect the skins. Keep working on it until all the skins are removed. See more on skinning beans in the video below. However, you totally skip the skinning process and leave the skins on for extra fibre but need to soak the beans for at least 1 hour before blending.

*this video Show how to make akara the tranditional way but the skinning process is demostrated*


Combine beans, onions, peppers, and salt in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth or finely coarse( I like mine coarse for texture).

lighty grease the sandwich maker with oil (also do this for each batch of toastie) snd slowly pour the akara batter mix in the sandwich maker and cover till It's cooked and brown

 The longer you leave it the akara in the sandwich maker the brwoner and crispy it will be as seen below.

Enjoy the akara toasties alone, with sauce or with pap of your choice. I had mine with oat pap (made with oat flour).

Now who said healthy eating is boring?