Cowpea Pie

Cowpea Pie

Ingredients
rice: 150 6
tomatoes: 170 6
onions: 30 6
cowpeas: 340 6
margarine: 60 6
water: 2 10
flour, wheat: 120 6
herring: 90 6
pepper: 10 6
salt, table: 20 6
oil, cooking/salad: 50

Dish Type: Main Dish

Country: World
Cooking Time (minutes): quick (30 minutes or less)
Steps
1. Cook cowpeas and rice until very soft, then mash together.
2. Prepare gravy using oil, ground tomatoes, onion, pepper, ground herring, and salt.
3. Add half of the gravy to the mashed rice and cowpeas.
4. Make pastry and line a greased pie dish. Pour the mixture into the pie dish and bake in moderately hot oven (20 mn).
5. When cooked, spread with the remaining gravy and serve.


Source
DOVLO, Florence E., WILLIAMS, Caroline E., ZOAKA, Laraba (1976), Cowpeas - Home preparation and use in West Africa (IDRC), ISBN 0-88936-071-5, reprint 1984, Ottawa

Serving
5 - 6