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Binch Akara

Name: Binch Akara
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sierra Leone
Ingredients: 250g (dried) Black-eyed peas; 1/2 Onion; 1 Chili pepper; 1 tsp Salt; 80ml Water; To taste Oil for frying

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⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Black-eyed pea paste mixed with onion and chili and fried — Sierra Leone's street bean fritter.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Binch akara means 'bean akara' in Krio: skinned black-eyed peas are ground, mixed with onion, chili, and salt, whipped, and fried by the spoonful. Crisp outside and fluffy inside, they're sold at stalls for breakfast or snacks and sometimes tucked into bread.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Freetown street in the morning, spoonfuls of bean batter drop into a big pot of oil and the puffed fritters pile up in a basket.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Black-eyed peas 250g (dried)
Onion 1/2
Chili pepper 1
Salt 1 tsp
Water 80ml
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the black-eyed peas overnight and rub together to remove the skins.
Blend the peas, onion, chili, and water until smooth.
Add salt and whisk for 5 minutes to incorporate air.
Scoop spoonfuls into 170°C oil.
Fry until puffed and golden.

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