Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, akara(kosai). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Akara(kosai) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Akara(kosai) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice 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. 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. Akara - Black Eyed Peas Fritters Akara, which is also known as black-eyed peas fritters or Acaraje, is a very delicious, deep-fried beans cake made from black-eyed peas paste. It is a vegetarian-friendly meal eaten in most parts of West Africa and Brazil.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook akara(kosai) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Akara(kosai):

1. Prepare 3 cups beans
2. Make ready 1 onion
3. Make ready 3 tattase
4. Make ready 2 tarugu
5. Make ready 1 Ghana pepper
6. Take Pinch salt
7. Get 1 satchet of green onga
8. Prepare 3 cups oil

Nigerian kosai (also called akara) are delicious bean cakes comparable to falafel. 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). Nigerian Kosai (Bean Cakes) How to make a perfect Akara ( Kosai) It is called "akara" by the Yoruba people of south-western Nigeria and by the citizens of Sierra Leone, "kosai" by the Hausa people of Nigeria or "koose" in Ghana and is a popular breakfast dish, eaten with millet or corn pudding.

Steps to make Akara(kosai):

1. In a bowl wash ur beans and remove the bag
2. Allow to soak for 20minutes
3. Add in the onions tattase and tarugu
4. Grind in to smooth past
5. Beat and add the small pinch of salt Ghana pepper powder
6. Deep fry in moderate hot oil
7. Serve and enjoy

Here's a spin on the recipe from our very own Marie Anne Daguidam (most people just call her Anna). Nigerian Kosai (Bean Cakes) How to make a perfect Akara ( Kosai) It is called "akara" by the Yoruba people of south-western Nigeria and by the citizens of Sierra Leone, "kosai" by the Hausa people of Nigeria or "koose" in Ghana and is a popular breakfast dish, eaten with millet or corn pudding. In Nigeria, Akara is commonly eaten with bread, ogi (or eko), a type of cornmeal made with fine corn flour. These delicious bean paste fritters go by the name of akara or koose in Ghana and are known variously in West Africa as kose, accara and kosai. Akara is commonly eaten as a snack or breakfast food, but it has many variations, as with much of West African food, it has travelled well.

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