🇬🇲 Gambian Cuisine

Mburu Nak

Bean Sandwich

Prep Time 20 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 380 kcal

A popular Gambian street breakfast of tapalapa bread stuffed with spiced black-eyed bean stew, onion sauce, and fiery pepper paste.

Ingredients

4 pieces tapalapa bread
2 cups cooked black-eyed beans
1 large onion, diced
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 Scotch bonnet pepper, minced
1 Maggi cube
Salt to taste
Pepper sauce for serving

Instructions

1 Heat oil in a saucepan. Saute onion until softened.
2 Add tomato paste and cook for two minutes.
3 Add cooked beans, Maggi cube, minced Scotch bonnet, and salt. Mash some beans for a thick consistency.
4 Simmer for ten minutes until flavors meld and the stew is thick.
5 Slice tapalapa bread lengthwise and fill generously with the bean stew.
6 Top with extra onion sauce and pepper paste. Serve immediately.

Did You Know?

Mburu nak vendors are found on virtually every street corner in Gambian towns during morning hours, and the sandwich costs less than the equivalent of fifty cents.