Baajiye: Black Eyed Bean Fritters with hot sauce

A delicious Somali baajiye fritters made with black eyed been is popular snack dipped with hot sauce.

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups of black-eyed beans
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 jalapeno, chopped
• 1 table spoon cilantro chopped
• 2 green onions
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup all propose flour/ gram flour
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2/3 cup water

Directions:

Soak the black-eyed beans in cold water overnight.
Drain the beans and then remove the skin by rubbing the beans between the palms of your hands.
Put the beans in a bowl filled with water and the skins will float to the surface. Discard the skin.
Place the beans in a food processor with the all the ingredients.
Process the mixture to make a thick paste. If it is watery add more flour, and if it is bather is tick add more water.
Heat the oil in a pan and fry spoonfuls of the mixture until golden brown.
Serve with basbaas sauce.

Basbaas Sauce:

• 5  jalapenos or serrano/seeds removed
• 1 juice of a lemon
• Water
• Salt

Put all the ingredient in a blender and process it until smooth.