Waakye

Ingredients

• •2 cups Long Grain Rice
• •1 cup Black-Eyed Peas
• •1 handful Waakye Leaves
• •1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• •1 jar Shito Sauce
• •3 large Ripe Plantains
• •6 eggs Boiled Eggs

Instructions

1. 1

   Soak beans overnight. Wrap waakye leaves in cheesecloth.

2. 2

   Boil beans with leaf bundle and baking soda 30-40 mins.

3. 3

   Add rinsed rice. Add water to cover by 1 inch.

4. 4

   Cook 25-30 mins until rice and beans tender.

5. 5

   Remove leaves. Serve with shito, plantains, eggs.

Tips

• 💡Waakye leaves essential for color.
• 💡Baking soda softens beans.
• 💡Shito completes the dish.