Waakye- Rice With Beans And Waakye Leaves
Waakye is a Ghanaian dish that is mostly served at breakfast and it is chocked full of healthy ingredients that provides the body with energy and so many health benefits.
Servings: 5 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup black-eyed beans soaked over night
- 2 cups rice
- 10 dried sorghum leaves(waakye leaves)
- water
- salt
- saltpeter or baking soda
Instructions
- Wash your waakye leaves properly, then put them into a saucepan. After that pour some water into the saucepan and add a pinch of saltpeter or baking soda. Bring it to a boil.
- Now rinse your soaked beans and pour them into the boiling water. Cover the saucepan and let the beans cook for some time ( about 30 minutes).
- Wash your rice thoroughly and pour it into the beans. Add a little salt to taste. You may have to add some more water after adding the rice. Just put into account how much water you need to cook the rice.
- Do not remove the waakye leaves after adding the rice. Remember to stir the rice and beans together and then cover the saucepan tightly and bring the fire to medium heat as the rice cooks.
- After about 30 minutes, check on it to see how it’s going. If it’s cooking just fine, you can simply cover the waakye with aluminium foil and lower the heat, so it can simmer.
- If you check on it and the water is not enough, sprinkle a little water on it before covering it with aluminium foil, then allow it to simmer.
- Check back on it after about 15-20 minutes and your waakye should be done. Let it cool down for some time and then remove the sorghum leaves before serving.
