Cameroonian Stewed Beans

I love stewed beans for their flavour and spiciness. In Cameroon, we love spicy food and we add a variety of ingredients to beans not only to make them smell good but also to taste good.

Honestly, I was amazed by the aroma from these beans when I cooked it and everyone kept commenting on the flavour the minute I open the pot to serve the beans. So how do we cook this kind of fine-smelling beans? Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

You'll need:

- Beans

- Tomatoes

- Onions

- Pepper (optional)

- Garlic

- Ginger

  Leeks

- African nutmeg (or Deux cotés as called in Cameroon or Ehuru as called in Nigeria)

- Cutmanjo (I used dry cutmanjo leaves. You can use the fresh ones as well.)

- Seasoning cubes

- Salt

Cooking

- Wash and soak dry beans until it's well soaked and ready for cooking. Put the beans in a pot with enough water and cook.

- Start preparing ingredients when the beans are almost done. Slice tomatoes, onions and leeks. Grind garlic, ginger, pepper, African nutmeg and cutmanjo leaves. Do not mix ingredients while grinding. Grind each ingredient separately.


- When beans are well cooked and soft, drain them and rinse well with much water.
- Put some oil in a clean dry pot and heat. Add some salt to the oil. Fry the onions, and leeks till it's a little bit brown before adding the tomatoes. Fry the mixture well, add the seasoning cubes and then the beans to the fried mixture.

- Add some water and let it boil before adding the rest of the ingredients to the beans. Let it boil for a few more minutes before you switch off the fire.



- Serve your beans with rice or any tuber of your choice. I had mine with rice and it was superb.


Please leave your thoughts in a comment below or tell me if you would try this recipe or if you love spicy food.

Don't forget to share the recipe with your friends to help them try something new and nice.