Peel Beans Without Tears

We all love Moi Moi, Akara, Gbegiri Soup and other Nigerian delicacies where we
need to peel the beans. But nobody enjoys peeling beans because it is one of those
tedious Nigerian cooking tasks.
If you have a blender and NEPA is on your side , your days of shying away from
cooking Moi Moi ends here.
Directions
1. Soak the beans for 1 hour. If you are using brown beans, this time may be less. You
will know the beans seeds are ready to be peeled when they are swollen and the skin
is baggy. The skin should also come off easily when you rub the beans seeds.
2. Put a small amount of beans into your blender.
3. Pour water to twice the level of the beans.
4. Press the Pulse/Turbo button on your blender for 1 second, let go; press it again and
let go. Do this 5 times and that is enough to peel the beans without blending them.
If your blender does not have a pulse/turbo button, switch to Speed 1 for 1 second,
turn it off; Speed 1, OFF and so on 5 times.
5. Pour into a big bowl.
6. Repeat this for the remaining soaked beans.
7. Decant the peeled beans into another bowl via a sieve. As the water goes into the
second bowl, shake the bowl containing the peeled beans from side to side so that it
is mostly the skin that goes into the second bowl.
8. Repeat Step 7 till all the coat is removed. If there are any stubborn seeds that were
not peeled, rub them with your fingers to peel them.