Red red recipe | Good Food

Name: Red red recipe | Good Food
Total time: 85 min
Ingredients: 250g dried black-eyed beans soaked overnight then drained; 4 garlic cloves 3 grated, 1 left whole; 1 rosemary sprig; ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 150ml red palm oil (check the label for a sustainable brand); 3 medium onions finely chopped; 30g piece of ginger peeled and grated; ½ scotch bonnet chilli finely chopped; 4 large vine tomatoes blitzed in a food processor to chunks; 1 tbsp shrimp powder (smoked and dried prawns that are ground to a powder, optional); 425g can mackerel in tomato sauce; 1 shrimp bouillon cube; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 4-6 ripe plantains; vegetable oil for frying; 1 small avocado; gari (coarsely ground cassava flour, optional), for sprinkling

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Make this Ghanaian-inspired stew, with a warming spicy tomato broth and fried sweet plantain. The name – and colour – comes from the red palm oil

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Ingredients

250g dried black-eyed beans soaked overnight then drained
4 garlic cloves 3 grated, 1 left whole
1 rosemary sprig
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
150ml red palm oil (check the label for a sustainable brand)
3 medium onions finely chopped
30g piece of ginger peeled and grated
½ scotch bonnet chilli finely chopped
4 large vine tomatoes blitzed in a food processor to chunks
1 tbsp shrimp powder (smoked and dried prawns that are ground to a powder, optional)
425g can mackerel in tomato sauce
1 shrimp bouillon cube
1 tbsp tomato purée
4-6 ripe plantains
vegetable oil for frying
1 small avocado
gari (coarsely ground cassava flour, optional), for sprinkling