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Àkàrà also known as bean cake or bean fritters is a dish I can categorically say was one of the first five dishes I learnt how to make. The main ingredient is the blacked eyed beans which is usually washed and peeled. Àkàrà is a typical Nigerian dish often times eaten with ogi/pap. It a typical dish that appears on the food menu on weekends. Now, I find it hard understanding what unites bean products to Saturdays or weekends in general — still amuses many, me included even though the narrative seems to be different at the present can we say the street vendors contributed to this?

As a foodie I patiently wait for Saturday's or just that special day mum soaks beans then it dawns on me that beans fritters is loading, just because I'm a fan of beans fritters also known as beans cake I've tried so many twist when making mine.