Chickpea Moi Moi
Traditional dish with dry chickpeas, warm water, onion.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- 1½ cups chickpeas
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 onion
- 2 fresh chiles
- 2 tablespoon ground crayfish
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon vegetable oil
Steps
- Soak the chickpeas for 3 hours.
- Then drain and peel them.
- Blend the peeled chickpeas with chopped onions, chiles, and crayfish with warm water.
- Work in batches if needed.
- Transfer the purée to a bowl.
- Mix in the salt, oil, and nutmeg.
- Divide the mixture into molds.
- Place in a steamer over boiling water.
- Steam for 40 minutes.
- Remove from the steamer.
- Unmold.
Adapted from “Chickpea Moi Moi”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.