Abula (bean and yam porridge)

Instructions

1. Soak the beans overnight, then cook them for 45 minutes in water with an onion until tender.
2. Mash the cooked beans with a fork or blend them into a smooth purée, then set aside.
3. Heat the palm oil in a pan, sauté the sliced onion, then add the pepper, grains of paradise and the Maggi cube.
4. Pour this sauce over the mashed beans, add the afitin and mix well.
5. In another pot, bring water to a boil, pour in the yam semolina in a steady stream and stir vigorously until you get a thick dough.
6. Serve the yam dough in bowls and top with the well-spiced bean purée.