Ghanaian Red Beans Stew (Atidua)

Name: Ghanaian Red Beans Stew (Atidua)
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)

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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)