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    Home » Breakfast Recipes » Plantain Moi Moi

    Published: Sep 28, 2015 · Modified: May 7, 2019 by Ajoke

    Plantain Moi Moi

    Plantain moi moi is another plantain recipe popularly eaten in Nigeria. A great alternative to the popular and classic Moi Moi. Delicious and ridiculously easy to make

    plantain-moi-moi-recipe

    Are you still letting the bin enjoy the goodness of your over ripe plantain? Plantain moi moi (epiti) is the new bae As long as your plantain is not rotten, you can make yourself this lovely plantain pudding also known as epiti or ukpo ogede.  If you love eating moi moi (moin moin) then this is another lovely recipe for you to try out in your kitchen. I don’t let anything go to waste in my kitchen or rather, should I say I try to utilise everything I have in my kitchen for maximum output. Whenever I have overripe plantain in my kitchen I either make dodo Ikire, plantain cake or plantain epiti (moi moi).

    Plantain moi moi is very easy to make and you can eat it with akamu as you would with beans moi moi or you can choose any other protein of choice. These days I tend to use corn meal to thicken my pudding as I like the texture I get from it. I have used flour to thicken it in the past but I really didn’t enjoy it as much as I do with the cornmeal. Hubby suggested the addition of bean flour and I might just be trying it out next time. If by any chance you try this method before I do, let me know how it turns out and if you would be trying my cornmeal method, do keep me posted as I love seeing the magic you create with recipes from the blog.

    plantain-moi-moi Plantain moi moi and beef suya

    Ingredients

    1 overripe plantain

    1 red bell pepper (tatashe)

    Seasoning

    1 scotch bonnet chilli (ata rodo)

    1 medium size onion

    Salt

    2tbsp ground crayfish

    ⅓ cup palm oil (substitute with veg oil)

    Few pieces of smoked catfish fillets

    100g fine cornmeal (substitute with polenta or flour)

    plantain-moi-moin

    How to make plantain moi moi

    Peel the plantain and cut into small chunks

    In a blender, add plantain, scotch bonnet chilli, red bell pepper and catfish fillet and blend till smooth

    Empty the pureed plantain into a bowl; add crayfish, salt, seasoning and mix till well combined

    Add palm oil to the mixture and mix thoroughly till well combined

    Add the cornmeal to the mixture and combine well.

    plantain-moimoi

    Scoop the mixture into a foil container/ banana leaves/nylon /moi moi leaves/ ramekins and steam on medium heat for 45minutes to 1 hour. check on the plantain pudding intermittently and make sure the pan has enough water to steam.  Alternately, you can bake the plantain pudding in the oven.

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    Take the plantain moi moi off the heat and serve.

    plantain-moi-moi Enjoy your plantain moi moi (ukpo Ogede/epiti) with some yummy beef suya

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    Comments

    1. Linda says

      March 30, 2019 at 1:13 pm

      I tried this and it was fantastic!!!!! My mom makes it but I used your recipe. But it is so sweet. Lol . It felt like i sprinkled sugar into it. But everybody loved it. Thanks to you

      Reply
    2. Eunice Eso says

      January 19, 2016 at 3:39 pm

      Hi Ajoke, so i tried this recipe it didn't turn out well... sob, sob.. i added regular all purpose flour (a sprinkle) and poured the paste in a rubber bowl(those regular moimoi bowls) i will try again

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        January 26, 2016 at 12:15 pm

        Sorry to hear that, use the right amount of flour next time. don't give up on it. the end result is usually yummy in the belle. lol

        Reply
    3. temmy says

      October 12, 2015 at 10:18 pm

      Is corn meal same as corn flour and why must I put corn meal instead of just wrapping the grinded plantain like that. Thank you

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        October 17, 2015 at 12:02 pm

        Hi Temmy, cornmeal is different from corn flour. I have not tried cooking it without any binding agents before. I know wheat flour works well with it too. you can try without it and let me know how it turns out. thanks a lot for stopping by

        Reply
    4. anonymous says

      October 05, 2015 at 5:18 pm

      Pls what can the cornmeal be substituted for?

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        October 05, 2015 at 6:09 pm

        You can use flour or polenta. thanks for stopping by

        Reply
    5. NotANutellaLover says

      September 29, 2015 at 6:57 pm

      oh my goodness. am i the only one totally blown away with the way you wrapped the mixture like the leaves. good job. the recipe looks great and easy to make

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 29, 2015 at 7:07 pm

        You just brought a smile to my face. thanks a lot for stopping by and I hope you would be making some soon too?

        Reply

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