Get Familiar with Plantain Moi-Moi

If you are a fan of Moi Moi, then this recipe should interest you.

Plantain Moi Moi is one delicious meal you should try this week.

Plantain Moi Moi also known as Ukpo Ogede to some ethnic groups is one of the Nigerian plantain recipes prepared with (over-ripe) or ripe plantains.

With this food, you can avoid food wastage by utilizing the (ripe) over-ripe plantain instead of throwing them away.

Ingredients

1.2 pieces of overripe or (ripe) plantain

100g plantain flour

1-2 cooking spoons of palm oil

1 teaspoon ground crayfish

1 onion

Pepper and Salt (to taste)

1 seasoning cube

Warm water

Uma (Moi-Moi) leaves

Directions

1. Put the plantain flour in a bowl, add a small quantity of water and mix till you get a medium consistency.

2. Wash, peel and cut the overripe plantain into small pieces.

3. Grind the crayfish, cut the onions and pepper into small pieces.

4. Blend the overripe plantain pieces, plantain flour batter, onions, crayfish, pepper, and stock cube with just enough water to allow the blades of the blender to move.

5. Pour the smooth blend into a sizeable bowl.

6. Add salt and palm oil. Mix thoroughly till well combined.

7. Set a small quantity of water in a pot to boil. When the water boils, place a base for the Plantain Moi Moi wraps into the pot. This can be scrap pieces of aluminium foil, a stainless steel stand or leaf stalks from the Uma leaves.

8. Scoop the mix into folded Uma leaves, just as you would with beans Moi Moi.