Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, kosai(akara). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Kosai(Akara) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Kosai(Akara) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

We Have Almost Everything on eBay. 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. and taste of kosai evokes powerful memories for someone who as been out of the country for years. 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.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have kosai(akara) using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Kosai(Akara):

1. Take 5 cups beans
2. Get 1 large onion
3. Prepare 4 rodo(attaruhu)
4. Prepare to taste Salt
5. Get Seasoning
6. Take Oil for frying

Add egg, ajino, salt to your own taste and mix well. Akara is a deep-fried fritter made from beans paste or beans powder. It is also called Kosai, Bean cake, Acaraje or Beanballs and is mostly made with black-eyed peas (beans) but there are many other types of beans you can use. Akara is a very popular breakfast dish in Nigeria.

Steps to make Kosai(Akara):

1. Soak beans for 5mins and smash it inside a mortar and pestle to remove shafts.
2. Pour beans into a large bowl and add enough water,squeeze and remove shaft/skin of the beans, until beans is clean.
3. Wash and cut Onions,wash rodo and add into beans.
4. Grind the beans with little water until a smooth paste is form(the paste should not be to thick nor watery).
5. Add salt and seasoning to ur own taste,and mix well.
6. Use a spoon to drop beans paste into hot oil,continue dropping until pan is full,observed a reddish brown colour at the bottom of the akara,and then turn the other side to allow it fry too
7. When both side form a reddish brown colour then your akara is done,use a perforated metal spoon to park ur akara and pour into a colander,to allow excess oil drops.
9. Serve hot with Kunu,tea or Akamu….Enjoy

It is also called Kosai, Bean cake, Acaraje or Beanballs and is mostly made with black-eyed peas (beans) but there are many other types of beans you can use. Akara is a very popular breakfast dish in Nigeria. 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).

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