Moin moin

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| name = Moin-Moin, Moi-Moi

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| alternate_name = Moyi-Moyi, Mai-Mai, Olele (Ọọlẹ)

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| type = Pudding

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| main_ingredient = Black-eyed beans or honey beans, onions, fresh ground peppers, oil

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| place_of_origin = Yorubaland{{cite web | url=https://ancestrals.com.ng/2023/04/11/brazil-moi-moi-the-yoruba-ancestral-taste-in-the-streets-of-salvador/ | title=Brazil Moi Moi , the Yoruba Ancestral Taste in the Streets of Salvador | date=11 April 2023 }}

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File:Jamaican Rice served with grilled Fish and Mixed Salad and moi moi (Baked beans).jpg

Moin-Moin, Moi-Moi or Olele (Yoruba: Mọ́yín-Mọyín, Ọ̀lẹ̀lẹ̀) is a steamed or boiled bean pudding made from a mixture of washed and peeled beans and onions, fresh red peppers, spices, and often fish, eggs, chicken and/or crayfish.{{cite web |last=Tukuru |first=Adeola |date=22 March 2022 |title=The thriving 'Moi-moi' business in Nigeria |url=https://www.blueprint.ng/the-thriving-moi-moi-business-in-nigeria/ |website=Blueprint}}{{Cite journal |last1=Pearce |first1=Tola Olu |last2=Kujore |first2=Olufemi O. |last3=Agboh-Bankole |first3=V. Aina |date=1988 |title=Generating an Income in the Urban Environment: The Experience of Street Food Vendors in Ile-Ife, Nigeria |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1160348 |journal=Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=385–400 |doi=10.2307/1160348 |jstor=1160348 |issn=0001-9720}} It is a protein-rich Yoruba food{{Cite web |last=Style |first=BellaNaija |date=2023-07-03 |title=How To Make Rich & Delicious Moimoi {{!}} WATCH |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2023/07/make-buttery-moimoi/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=BellaNaija |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Olaiya |first=Adeyinka |date=2023-04-11 |title=Brazil Moi Moi, The Yoruba Ancestral Taste In The Streets Of Salvador |url=https://ancestrals.com.ng/2023/04/11/brazil-moi-moi-the-yoruba-ancestral-taste-in-the-streets-of-salvador/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=The Ancestral News |language=en-US}} that is commonly eaten across Yorubaland and close regions in West Africa.{{Cite web |last=Olaiya |first=Adeyinka |date=2023-04-11 |title=Brazil Moi Moi, The Yoruba Ancestral Taste In The Streets Of Salvador |url=https://ancestrals.com.ng/2023/04/11/brazil-moi-moi-the-yoruba-ancestral-taste-in-the-streets-of-salvador/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=The Ancestral News |language=en-US}}

Preparation

Moi-moi is made of soaked beans ground into a fine paste which is mixed with dried crayfish, vegetable oil, and seasonings. Some add sardines, corned beef,shredded chicken, sliced boiled eggs, or other garnishes.{{Cite web |last=Odusanya |first=Yemisi |date=2017-07-22 |title=How to bake yummy, moist moin-moin |url=https://guardian.ng/features/how-to-bake-yummy-moist-moin-moin/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Guardian Nigeria |language=en-US}}

Moin-moin usually comes in a slanted pyramid shape, cylindrical shape, cone shape or other shape{{Cite web |last=Ibru |first=Stella |date=2017-07-21 |title=The Nigerian Moi-Moi |url=https://guardian.ng/life/food/the-nigerian-moi-moi/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=The Guardian Nigeria |language=en-US}} of the mold it is poured into prior to cooking. The pyramid shape comes from the traditional broad Ewe Eran (Thaumatococcus daniellii),{{Cite web |last=Iwalaiye |first=Temi |date=2021-12-17 |title=What should you use to wrap moi-moi? |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/what-should-you-use-to-wrap-moi-moi/918fpf8 |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}} or banana leaves{{Cite web |title=Moi Moi Wrapped In Banana leaves Recipe by UmmiAbdull |url=https://cookpad.com/ng/recipes/12574689-moi-moi-wrapped-in-banana-leaves |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=Cookpad |date=17 May 2020 |language=en}} fashioned into a cone in one's palm. Then the seasoned and garnished paste is poured into the leaves, which are folded. The cylindrical shapes come from when empty cans or foil are used.{{Cite web |last=Olaiya |first=Adeyinka |date=2023-04-11 |title=Brazil Moi Moi, The Yoruba Ancestral Taste In The Streets Of Salvador |url=https://ancestrals.com.ng/2023/04/11/brazil-moi-moi-the-yoruba-ancestral-taste-in-the-streets-of-salvador/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=The Ancestral News |language=en-US}}

Moin-moin is eaten alone as a snack or with rice as a meal or with ogi (pap), oatmeal, salad, koko or garri.{{Cite web |last=Olaiya |first=Adeyinka |date=2023-04-11 |title=Brazil Moi Moi, The Yoruba Ancestral Taste In The Streets Of Salvador |url=https://ancestrals.com.ng/2023/04/11/brazil-moi-moi-the-yoruba-ancestral-taste-in-the-streets-of-salvador/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=The Ancestral News |language=en-US}}

File:Moin Moin.jpg|Sliced moin-moin

File:Moimoi.JPG|Ewe-eran leaves (Thaumatococcus daniellii)

A moin moin seller.jpg|Moin-moin seller in Nigeria