Plantain/beans porridge with shell periwinkles

How often do you cook with shelled periwinkles? Well I must tell you I love it so much in my Nigerian porridge meals. Here we can cook porridge yam, porridge beans, porridge potatoes, porridge plantain...

Speaking of porridge, I was to delightfully share with you how I made plantains/beans porridge using shelled periwinkles.

Walk with me!

Below you can see a plate of beautifully made porridge beans/plantain with the tiny black shells inside.

Ok, here are the few ingredients I used in achieving the nice looking dish:

• 2 plantains
• 2 cups beans
• 1 cup shell periwinkle
• 2 small onions
• 1.5 cooking spoon palm oil
• 2 seasoning cubes
• 1 handful of crayfish
• 7 pieces fresh pepper
• Salt to taste
• 5 leaves of Jatropha

Procedure

• First cut the periwinkles on the head and get them ready.

• Select the beans carefully to remove stone and then wash it and put in a pot and put it to heat to start cooking

• While on that, wash, peel and cut the plantains

After that I slice the onions, grind the crayfish and pepper and set it aside while still waiting for the beans to get soft

• Next steam the periwinkles. Wash it and add to a pot, add pepper, onions, salad and a little water

• Check the beans to see if it's soft enough using a spoon to get the seed and pressing with your finger

Once confirmed soft, I added plantains to it and let it boil with the beans.

Then add pepper, onions, salt, and the seasoning cubes to it

• Add the steamed periwinkles to it

• Stir gently and cover the pot for a while

Next add palm oil to it and cover again for a few minutes l. Then add the crayfish and stir! Also check for salt to see whether to add more...

After that add the Jatropha leaves cover for a few seconds then stir. And after that, food is ready to be served!

This dish came out so delicious, with the tender beans, sweet plantains, and the rich flavor of periwinkles all blending perfectly. I hope you enjoyed following along with this recipe and feel inspired to try it for yourself!

Thank you, and see you next time!

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