Ghanaian Red Beans Stew (Atidua) - Eat with Afia

Ingredients

• 2 cups dry red cowpeas (atidua (or black eye peas))
• 1/3 cup red palm oil
• 1 medium onion (1/2 roughly chopped, 1/2 finely diced)
• 4 tomatoes (preferably plum)
• 1 large thumb size of ginger
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper
• 1 bouillon cube ((i used better than bouillon paste))
• 1 tablespoon umami spice or dawa dawa/fermented locust beans (recipe linked in ingredient section)
• 1 bay leaf or atiedja leaf (optional)