Akara is a household breakfast in Nigeria made with bean batter.
It can be eaten with all kinds of food like Bread, Pap, fries etc. according to one’s preference.
Akara is always crunchy and yummy.
Right now, we’ll show you how to prepare your delicious Akara. Just keep watching while you learn.
Below is the recipe for preparing Akara;
Ingredients
- 2 cups of beans
- Fresh pepper (to taste)
- 1 bulb of onion
- Salt (to taste)
- 1 litre of vegetable oil, and
- Water
Steps for preparing Akara
- Soak the beans for few minutes.
- Scrub the beans peel very well, add some water to allow the peels float and then sieve.
- Add pepper and onion into the beans and blend to form a nice batter.
- Add oil to the frying pan and pre-heat.
- Then add salt (to taste), scoop the beans batter into the hot pan and maintain a uniform shaped Akara.
- Flip the Akara once the underside has turned golden brown and allow to fry the top side as well before you remove. With this, the bean cake is done.
From the recipe, you can see that preparing akara is time-saving and less difficult as well.
The more one practices it, the easier and perfect it becomes. Akara has a taste that indulges.
