Ekuru and Ata DinDin Recipe

Ekuru, also known as white Moin Moin or Ofuloju is a popular traditional Beans delicacy among the people of South-Western Nigeria. This mouth-watering meal is a simpler twist to Moin Moin, with just salt and Vegeta Onion added to up the flavour. This yummy meal needs to be whisked to incorporate air in the mix, thereby making it light and giving it a fluffy texture. Ekuru is eaten with the Spicy Ata din din (Local Pepper Sauce). Ata din din is a sumptuous local stew that pairs well with Ekuru. It is prepared with any protein of your choice. What sets the Ata din din sauce apart is the locust bean (Iru) used to season it. You are missing a great deal if you are yet to savour this delicious meal. Let's head over to Tiger Kitchen to cook.

Ingredients:
3 Cups Black Eyed Beans or Brown
3 Cooking Spoons Palm Oil
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Scotch Bonnet
Vegeta Onion
Locust Beans (Iru)
Fried Assorted Meats
1 Smoked Fish
1/2 Cup Smoked Prawns (optional)
2 Tablespoons Ground Crayfish
Larsor Beef Seasoning
Tiger Ehuru Powder
Salt to taste



Preparation for White Moi Moi

First, soak and peel your Beans. Then blend with little water till semi-smooth. Your consistency should not be too thick nor too fluid, then empty contents into a bowl.

With a hand mixer or whisk, incorporate air into your batter by mixing for 10 minutes. Mix till very fluffy. If you haven’t got a hand mixer, you can use a whisk, mix for 30 minutes. Back in the days, people used Mortar and pestle. But not anymore. We belong to the easy geng…lol

Scoop the batter into Banana leaves or Aluminium Foil. Steam for 50 minutes till fully cooked.

To steam, you can either use a steamer or a pot with Banana leaves. Then lift the leaves and add water to steam the white Moi Moi Then, cover and steam. Do check from time to time and top up more water when/where necessary.

Ata din din Stew Preparation

Soak and wash the Smoked Fish with hot water, then shred into smaller pieces. Afterwards, blend Scotch bonnet, Vegeta Onion and the Bell peppers roughly and set aside.

Pour Palm Oil in a pot and fry a bit, before adding Vegeta Onion.

Next, add the Locust Beans, sauté for a minute, afterwards, add the roughly blended Pepper, Larsor beef seasoning and salt to taste, fry for 5 minutes. Then add the Fried Meats and continue to fry for another 10 minutes. Afterwards, add the shredded Smoked Fish and Prawns, continue to fry for 4 minutes. Now add the Crayfish Powder and stir for two minutes. Add little to adjust the texture if too thick. Viola your Ata din din is ready

Serve the Ekuru with the Ata dindin and dive in with your hands. Ekuru is best enjoyed when eaten with your hands, forget about cutleries here ��. Crumble up your Ekuru, add the sauce, mix thoroughly, wash your hand and dig in! This meal is an amazing way to incorporate protein (beans) into your diet.

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Ounje awon agba

Better one oo

mastertek:
Ounje awon agba

The correct/original Yoruba spelling is "moyin moyin" or "moin moin" when contracted.

The so-called 'moi moi' or 'mai mai' are wrong spellings.


Wow! The white moin moin or
Ekuru is something I'd like to
taste. Great thread!

Ekuru.....

Na awon Iyami's food be that.

helinues:
Ekuru.....

Na awon Iyami's food be that.

I knew it! I just knew you were nothing but a bigoted hypocrite!

Just know that you're fooling no one but yourself. We all see right through you. Including that sarrki or whatever he calls himself.

AlphaSoul:
The correct/original Yoruba spelling is "moyin moyin" or "moin moin" when contracted.

The so-called 'moi moi' or 'mai mai' are wrong spellings.


Wow! The white moin moin or
Ekuru is something I'd like to
taste. Great thread!

In ala Igbo, we say mai mai.

mariahAngel:


I knew it! I just knew you were nothing but a bigoted hypocrite!

Just know that you're fooling no one but yourself. We all see right through you. Including that sarrki or whatever he calls himself.

What's the meaning of this FCS?

Make you people dey take life easy oo

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helinues:


What's the meaning of this FCS?

Make you people dey take life easy oo

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mariahAngel:


In ala Igbo, we say mai mai.

Yes I know that the Ibos use
that spelling. It's like the way
some folks use "ugwu" instead
of the standard "ugu" for fluted pumpkin. Lol

That mai mai is a corruption of the
Yoruba word "moyin moyin" or
"moin moin" (contracted with
the removal of the "y" letter).
The 1970s and 1980 magazines
in my archives clearly used
"moyin moyin" but further contracted by some to moin
moin.

The etymology or origin of the
word is from "mo eyin" meaning
to "stick to the teeth."

Mo = To "stick to" in Yoruba
Eyin = "Teeth" in Yoruba

AlphaSoul:

Yes I know that the Ibos use
that spelling. It's like the way
some folks use "ugwu" instead
of the standard "ugu" for fluted pumpkin. Lol

That mai mai is a corruption of the
Yoruba word "moyin moyin" or
"moin moin" (contracted with
the removal of the "y" letter).
The 1970s and 1980 magazines
in my archives clearly used
"moyin moyin" but further contracted by some to moin
moin.

The etymology or origin of the
word is from "mo eyin" meaning
to "stick to the teeth."

Mo = To "stick to" in Yoruba
Eyin = "Teeth" in Yoruba

Interesting analogy.

AlphaSoul:
The correct/original Yoruba spelling is "moyin moyin" or "moin moin" when contracted.

The so-called 'moi moi' or 'mai mai' are wrong spellings.


Wow! The white moin moin or
Ekuru is something I'd like to
taste. Great thread!

Ndi Igbo call it elele/mai-mai. Big deal. It’s not only Yorubas who have it as a near-indigenous food.

Probz:


Ndi Igbo call it elele/mai-mai. Big deal. It’s not only Yorubas who have it as a near-indigenous food.

The initial convo was on the
etymology of the food that is
made from blended beans.

Nobody said it's only Yorubas
that eat the delicacy.
Indeed foods such as Akara
and Moin-Moin/Olele are
international delicacies in Bahia
in Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, etc, due to the deportation
of thousands of Yorubas during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade especially in the 1700s to 1800s.

Akara is still called Akara Iyesha
(Akara je) in Brazil by the
Yoruba descendants and others.

It's obvious that Ibos have
adopted those words you wrote from the original Yoruba words
Olele/Moin-Moin (Both words
are used interchangeably in
Yoruba language and both have
to do with the "sticky" nature of the beans delicacy).


The only language that I know that has strong similarity with Yoruba is Igala language which has about 55 percent uncanny similarity with
Yoruba language in terms of
food names, and more. The
immediate Attah of Igala also
said in a newspaper that Ifa
priests (Babalawos) consult Ifa before a new Attah is enthroned
in Igalaland.

The Attah of Igala even said
significant Jukun, Yoruba, Edo,
and some Ibo bloodlines exist amongin the Igalas.

Interestingly I read a book in
the early 1980s on the origin or etymology of some Nigerian words in Hausa, Yoruba, Edo, Ibo, etc.

An example I can remember
off hand from that book is the
adoption of the "botanical name"
for tobacco (Tabac...) into
Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo.


"TOBACCO"
1. Taba (Tobacco in Hausa).

2. Ewe taba ("Tobacco leaves"
in Yoruba).

3. Otaba (Tobacco in Ibo).