Sweet Potato and Bean Pottage

Sweet Potato and Bean Pottage

Ingredients
sweet potatoes: 1
onions: 1 31
cowpeas: 2 27
fish: 1
oil, palm: 2 27
water:

Dish Type: Soup

Difficulty: Easy
Cooking Time (minutes): advanced (over night)
Steps
1. Soak the beans overnight.
2. Cook the beans until they are soft.
3. Wash, peel and dice the sweet potato.
4. Add sweet potato to the beans with sufficient liquid just to cook the diced sweet potato.
5. Add ground onion, salt and dried fish.
6. Simmer until well cooked, stirring constantly.
7. Add palm oil and serve hot.

Comments
Particularly adapted for children.

Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1990), Roots, tubers, plantains and bananas in human nutrition, ISBN 92-5-102862, Rome

Serving
1