How it works
What do you eat moi moi with? Pap or garri for a light meal, rice for a full one. These 32 ideas cover breakfast bowls, rice plates, fish and meat, things cooked into the pudding, party bites and cold drinks.
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How moi moi is eaten
Moi moi, also spelled moin moin, is a steamed bean pudding. It is eaten alone as a snack, with rice as a meal, or with pap, oatmeal, custard, salad, koko or garri. Koko is a millet porridge. Some cooks stir shredded chicken, corned beef, sardines or sliced boiled egg into the batter before it is steamed.
Build the plate round it
Moi moi is soft and filling, so it does the work of meat. On a dinner plate it sits next to the rice and wants something crisp or cold beside it: fried plantain, fried yam or salad. At a party it shares the table with small bites.
- Unwrap moi moi at the table. The leaf or foil keeps it warm and moist until then.
- For a party tray, cut each wrap into thick rounds so the egg in the middle shows.
Questions and answers
What do you eat with moi moi?
Rice if it is dinner: jollof, fried rice or white rice with stew, with fish or chicken and a salad. In the morning, a bowl of pap or soaked garri, with the moi moi on a side plate.
What do you eat with moi moi for breakfast?
Pap, a smooth cereal pudding made from maize, sorghum or millet and also called ogi or akamu. Custard and oatmeal do the same job, and garri soaked in cold water with sugar is the cold choice.
Can you eat moi moi with bread?
Yes. Press a warm slice between two slices of soft white bread, or put both on the plate with a bowl of pap, which may be eaten with bread as well as with moi moi.
What rice goes with moi moi?
Jollof rice first: in Nigeria it is very often served with moi moi, fried plantain and coleslaw or salad. Ofada rice comes with ayamase, a dark green pepper stew.
What do you drink with moi moi?
Without alcohol: zobo, a hibiscus drink served cold, or kunu, made from millet, sorghum or maize. Kunu aya is the kind made from tiger nuts.