How to cook Frejon
This meal is a pudding served mostly with garri and fish stew.
Frejon, which was introduced into Lagos, Nigeria by returning slaves from Brazil is made using black beans, coconut milk and sugar.
Cooking time
90 minutes
Recipe category
Main meal
Recipe cuisine
Local dish
Cooking method
Boiling / Frying
Recipe Yield
5 servings
Ingredients
Beans
Coconut milk
Sugar (optional)
Garri
Ingredients for the fish sauce
Fish (any fish of choice)
Vegetable oil
Onion
Bell pepper
Scotch pepper
Tomatoes
Seasoning cubes
Salt to taste
Instructions
1. In a big pot, wash beans and boil (without salt) until it softens. Leave to cool.
2. Transfer the beans into a food blender, add some coconut milk to it and blend.
3. Transfer the mixture into the pot, add sugar and let it boil for about 5 minutes to thicken a bit.
Method for cooking the fish sauce
1. In a pan, heat up some vegetable oil on minimum heat.
2. Add chopped onion, pepper, tomatoes and stir-fry for 5 minutes.
3. Cook the fish for about 5 minutes, leave to cool and then mash it.
4. Add the mashed fish to the content in the pan, add salt and seasoning (to taste). Fry for about 5 minutes. Fish sauce is ready.
Serve Frejon with the fish sauce and sprinkle Garri on it
Tags: Beans Brazil Coconut Fish Frejon Garri Milk Stew Sugar