Jollof rice, stewed beans, and fish

Stewed beans is eaten across all regions of Nigeria. It is often eaten with plantain, yam or bread. In this image, it has been served with jollof rice, one of the major meals in the country. For preparation of pottage beans, you will need beans, onions, stock cubes, palm oil, ground red tomatoes or ground scotch bonnet pepper and salt to taste. The bean grains are first parboiled, then chopped onions, ground pepper/tomatoes are added with little water. The mixture is heated for 5 minutes before the palm oil is added (you may choose to add the palm oil before the pepper to first fry the beans). Stir and leave the beans to boil until the water reduces.