Food Fridays: Red Red (Ghana)

By this time next year, you could be starting your service as an Agriculture or Health Volunteer in Ghana. Get a taste of the experience with this easy, vegetarian version of a classic bean and palm oil stew.
Ingredients:
3 tbsp red palm oil (must, otherwise it’s not “Red Red”)
1 onion
1 inch ginger
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp tomato puree
3 ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 vegetable, fish or prawn stock cube
1 can adzuki beans
1 can black eye peas (or soaked dried beans)
1 scotch bonnet pepper, left whole
Preparation:
1. Heat up the palm oil and fry the onions until golden.
2. Add the garlic, ginger and tomato puree and fry for a minute
3. Add the chopped tomatoes followed by the stock cube and allow to fry and reduce for 10 minutes
4. Add the beans, including bean juice in can. Add the whole scotch bonnet to release flavor without too much heat and bring to a simmer.
Photo: travelblog.org
Recipe: Africa on the Blog