Togolese Ayimolou Recipe

Ayimolou is a dish made out of rice and beans, cooked together, with a tomato sauce added on

Top. Ayimolou is also usually cooked with Sorghum leaves to give it the reddish/pink color.

Recipe for Ayimolou    

Rice

White Beans (also called black eyed beans)

Sorghum leaves.

Salt to taste

Onions

Groundnut oil

Water

Procedure for Ayimolou

First, pick out the dirt in your beans and wash. In a pot, boil your beans and the Sorghum leaves together with enough water. When the beans becomes a bit soft, add your washed rice, followed by onions, oil and salt. Cover and cook for 45 minutes or till you get the desired texture. Serve your Ayimolou with Tomato sauce.