Green Moin Moin

I'm genuinely surprised that this recipe doesn't already exist on the internet. When the idea came to me, I searched high and low but nothing came up. For this reason, creating this recipe felt like a food experiment in its purest form. I had an inkling that it would turn out okay because it's really not a stretch to imagine the results. The idea is so simple and pretty genius because any opportunity to pack in more greens, nutrients, fibre and vitamins is a plus. Moin moin is already pretty healthy - it's high in protein, steamed not fried, made with whole foods, gluten free. This variation adds a nutritional boost but is ultimately a fun way of rethinking traditional moin moin. It tastes flipping fantastic too, so there's that.

If you're not sure what moin moin is, check out this post for the original recipe and description.

Eat it:
- As a side with jollof rice or fried rice
- With a salad for something light and summery
- With ogi for breakfast
- On its own as a snack

About the Greens:
I've used my home-grown kale in this recipe, but I think this would work great with spinach, ewuro (bitter leaf), ugu (pumpkin leaf) or any other dark leafy vegetable that you have available. If you do try other variations, hit me up on Instagram, tag @vegannigerian and share your results.

The recipe can be modified to meet a number of dietary requirements:
a) Use a low-sodium vegetable stock cube and/or eliminate the salt for a low sodium version.

b) Blend 1/2 an avocado with the beans and spinach for a whole food source of fat and eliminate the sunflower oil if you are trying to avoid refined oils.

Steaming:
When I get my hands on some banana leaves, I will attempt this recipe again and steam in the traditional way. In the absence of the leaves, I steamed the moin moin in these 9 centimetre ramekins.

I've listed all the ingredients below and the tutorial video that follows shows the full process. I'm trying to get my view count up on YouTube so I hope you won't mind sitting through the video ;)

Ingredients 
(Serves 4)
- 1/2 cup brown honey beans or black eyed beans (soaked overnight then peeled)
- Big handful of kale or other leafy green vegetable
- 1 cup water
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil (or eliminate is you prefer low-fat meals)
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- salt to taste (or eliminate if you prefer low-sodium meals)

Video

More than happy with the results

Do you spell it moin moin or moi moi? Not sure if it's down to regional differences but I've always known it as the former. In any case, whether you call this green moin moin or green moi moi, I hope you enjoy this recipe!

What a beat...