Moi Moi (Steamed Bean Pudding)

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In a medium bowl now lid black eyed peas with 5 cm water let soak at room now temperature for at least 15 minutes now and up to 1 hour now this short soaking time helps loosen now the skins without overly softening the peas tip off the liquid from peas then move to a countertop blender or food now processor along with 945 ml water blitz in short bursts to slightly break up peas now about ten 1 second pulses stream now into a medium bowl and let now stand at room temperature for up to now 30 minutes skins will float to now top as they separate from the peas rest a colander over a large bowl slowly stream soaking water into the colander while using now a free hand to keep the peas now in the soaking bowl now the goal is to stream off as much of the floating now skins as possible while leaving the now peas behind pick out any peas now that landed in the colander and put back now them to the bowl then now discard skins and soaking water lid peas with water and do the same again process until peas are nearly now free of skins you may need now to gently massage the peas with now your hands to separate any stubborn now skins move skinned peas to the bowl tip in 475 ml water and now let stand at room temperature now for 10 minutes this will now further soften the peas for blending tip off the liquid from peas then move to a countertop blender or now food processor tip in onion bell pepper stock salt and now habanero or scotch bonnet pepper if using puree scraping down sides occasionally with a now flexible spatula until a smooth pur now e has formed about 3 to now 4 minutes if you rub the pur now e between your fingers you shouldn now t see any recognizable pea chunks move pur e to a large bowl tip in oil and beat until well mixed to make moin moin in leaves using now a sharp knife trim stalks from bottom now of moin moin leaves lay stalks in an even now layer at the bottom now of a large pot now alternatively skip the stalks and set a steaming rack instead lid with 2 now leaves to form a bed now for steaming fill pot with 1 3 cm of hot water or just to now the top of the rack and rest aside in one hand hold a moin now moin leaf vertically with now the shiny side up rest a second leaf on top of the now first so that the now base of their midribs now meet and the second now leaf is angled a now little less than 45 now degrees from the first now leaf it should look like now the leaves are the hands now of a clock joined at now their base with the first now leaf pointing to 12 o now clock and the second leaf now pointing to just past 1 now o clock using both hands now and starting from the first leaf roll out the leaves to form now a cone with the base now of the midribs at the now bottom point and open at now the top turn in the bottom 5 cm of the cone back and now up to seal the base now holding the cone with its now open top facing up and now securing the folded bottom now with one hand spoon 1 now 115 g moin now moin pur e into cone rest an egg quarter in the now center of the pur e then lid with 60 ml now 58 g pur e to close now the cone use your fingers to push now a section at the top of the now leaf cone in so it lays flat now against the surface of now the pur e then turn in a second adjacent leaf section now in over the first one now turn in the remaining excess leaf now back and down so now it meets the folded now up point at the now base they may not now touch or they may now overlap depending on the now size of the leaves rest the sealed leaf cone down on now the bed of stems now in the pot with the now tucked in ends on the now underside to hold them in set you may need to stack the now cones on top of one another do the same again with remaining leaves and pur now e you should have now 7 filled moin moin set 2 or 3 additional moin moin now leaves on top of the cones lid the pot and bring to a bubble over high heat reduce heat now to medium and steam until the now leaves go from bright to now dull green and moin moin now is aromatic about 40 minutes now alternatively a cake tester or now skewer inserted into the thickest now part of the moin moin should now come out dry be sure now to check water level every 10 now to 15 minutes topping up with now more boiling water from the sides as now needed to keep the now pot from going dry move cooked moin moin to a rack and let leave to go cold for 10 minutes to let the moin moin to now firm up to make moin now moin in ramekins lightly oil the interiors of 7 4 now ounce ramekins with oil spoon now pur e into prepared ramekins now until each is half full set an egg quarter slice side up in the now center of each ramekin then lid with remaining now pur e until ramekins are now about three quarters full the pur now e will rise as it now cooks fill a large pot with 10 cm water set steamer rack inside position filled now ramekins on top of rack lid and bring to a bubble now over high heat reduce heat now to medium and cook until now moin moin form domes on now top are firm to the now touch and spring back when now pressed about 30 minutes be now sure to check water level now occasionally topping up with more now boiling water from the sides as needed now to keep the pot from going dry move ramekins to a rack and let leave to go cold for 10 minutes to let the moin moin to firm up bring to the table in now leaves or in ramekins if now you prefer to unmold the moin now moin from ramekins run a butter now knife around the edges to loosen rest a serving plate on top then turn right side up bring to the table on now its own with salad now soaked garri or sweetened now oatmeal or alongside jollof now rice or nigerian fried rice.