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Olele

Name: Olele
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sierra Leone
Ingredients: 250g (dried) Black-eyed peas; 1 Onion; 1 Red bell pepper; 1 Chili pepper; 4 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Chicken bouillon; 2 Hard-boiled eggs; 1 tsp Salt; 150ml Water; To taste Banana Leaves

Side Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Black-eyed pea paste wrapped in leaves and steamed — a Krio steamed dish of Sierra Leone.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Olele is a dish of Sierra Leone's Krio people: skinned black-eyed peas are ground and mixed with onion, chili, oil, and boiled egg or fish, wrapped in leaves, and steamed. Close to Nigeria's moin moin, it's made for celebrations and parties.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a festive day in a Freetown home, leaf-wrapped steamed bean cakes are unwrapped, boiled egg peeking out of the orange slices.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Black-eyed peas 250g (dried)
Onion 1
Red bell pepper 1
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable oil 4 tbsp
Chicken bouillon 1 tsp
Hard-boiled eggs 2
Salt 1 tsp
Water 150ml
Banana Leaves To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the black-eyed peas overnight and skin them.
Blend the peas, onion, red pepper, chili, and water until smooth.
Mix in the oil, stock powder, and salt.
Pour into banana leaves or cups, add pieces of boiled egg, and wrap.
Steam for 1 hour.

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