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Badjia

Name: Badjia
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mozambique
Ingredients: 200g (dried) Black-eyed peas; 1/2 Onion; 1 Green Chili Pepper; A pinch Cilantro; 1 clove Garlic; 1/2 tsp Cumin powder; A pinch Turmeric; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Oil for frying; 4 Bread

Snack

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ground black-eyed peas fried with spices — a Maputo morning street snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Badjia are bean fritters brought by people of Indian origin, especially popular in southern Mozambique. Black-eyed peas are ground, mixed with onion, green chili, cilantro, and more, and fried into balls. Stalls on Maputo's streets fry them from early morning, and they're classically eaten in a pãozinho.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Maputo street in the morning, a woman fries round bean fritters in a small pot, tucks them into rolls, and hands them to commuters.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Black-eyed peas 200g (dried)
Onion 1/2
Green Chili Pepper 1
Cilantro A pinch
Garlic 1 clove
Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
Turmeric A pinch
Salt 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying To taste
Bread 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the black-eyed peas overnight and rub off the skins.
Grind the peas finely in a food processor, adding a little water to make them fluffy.
Mix in the chopped onion, chili, cilantro, garlic, spices, and salt.
Drop spoonfuls into 170°C oil and fry 3–4 minutes until golden.
Eat tucked into bread.

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