How To Cook farmhouse (Beans,plantain and yam porridge)

Some call it porridge while some say it is farmhouse, either. Some are afraid of beans because of bloating, and some gas! It make them fart, but if you do it my way, No bloating No farting!

Ingredients

3 cigar cups (approx. 750g) brown/black eyed beans
Red palm oil (enough to colour)
1 medium onion
Pepper & Salt (to taste)
1 big stock cube
500g Yam
500g  Plantain
You can also add crayfish if you want but I prefer not to add it because it makes the beans have an over-seasoned taste.

Before you cook Beans Porridge

Soak the beans in cold water for 5 hours. Boil the beans for 5 minutes and discard the water. Wash the beans in cold water and set aside. This soaking and pre-cooking process will help reduce the gas inducing elements.
Chop the onions, grind the crayfish and pepper.
If you will use yam/plantain/sweet potatoes, wash, peel and cut them into 1 inch cubes and set aside. If you will use baby corn, drain the preservation liquid, rinse and set aside.

Cooking Directions

Put the beans in a pot and pour water up to the level of the beans and start cooking.
Note: If you have a pressure cooker, beans is one of the staple foods you will want to use it for. It reduces the cooking time considerably.
Cook till tender, adding more water from time to time, if necessary. Always keep the water at the same level as the beans so that when the beans is done, you will not have too much water in the porridge.
When the beans porridge is soft, add the onions, crayfish, pepper and seasoning.
Add the red palm oil, salt to taste and cook for more 5 minutes on medium heat.
Note:To get the most out of beans, it is best to cook it with one of the following:  yam, ripe/unripe plantain.  If you will add any of these, this is when to do so. Then instead of cooking for 5 minutes, cook till the added yam / plantain
The beans porridge is ready. If you cooked the beans porridge without any of the additions, .