Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, kosai/akara/beans cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Kosai/Akara/beans cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Kosai/Akara/beans cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Kosai or Akara (Bean Cakes) Nigerians will know these golden bean cakes or fritters as akara or kosai, depending on where you are from. In Northern Nigeria where I grew up they are called kosai. They are a street or market food, fried up by the women in big pans of hot oil, eaten hot and fresh or wrapped up for a later meal.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook kosai/akara/beans cake using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Kosai/Akara/beans cake:

1. Get Beans
2. Take Red bell pepper
3. Prepare Onions
4. Take Salt
5. Get Scotch bonnet
6. Make ready Garlic and ginger
7. Get Oil for frying

Akara is a very popular breakfast dish in Nigeria. Pound or Wash the beans to separate them from the coat. Turn in a bowl and wash until all the peeled beans are completely separated from the coat. Nigerian kosai (also called akara) are delicious bean cakes comparable to falafel.

Steps to make Kosai/Akara/beans cake:

1. Add washed beans into a belender
2. Add red bell pepper,scotch bonnet,onions,garlic and ginger,water and blend until smooth paste
3. In a boil add paste and salt to taste
4. Scoop with a spoon gently into hot oil and fry until golden brown

These fluffy fried fritters are made from black eyed peas pureed with onions and hot peppers and often served by street vendors. Here's a spin on the recipe from our very own Marie Anne Daguidam (most people just call her Anna). Other names for akara include beans cake and Kosai, beans fritters. Akara is just one of the simplest recipes you can fix for breakfast without much waste of time, and you can even make akara recipe with bean flour if don't want to go through the stress of peeling the beans. Watch this video to see how to.

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