Matoke is a staple in Uganda and served in almost every home. Matoke, or plantains, look like green bananas and grow in bunches on trees. However, unlike bananas, matoke is fairly hard before it is cooked and is not very sweet. To soften the plantains, Ugandans often boil or steam the fruit.
Now in the fig below Some women are peeling matooke.....(bananas)
its got different ways of preparing it...foristance
Instructions :Steaming
1. Peel the plantains, and slice into chunks.
2. Wrap the fruit in the leaves.
3. Place a small amount of water in a cooking pot. Add the stalks as a
foundation for the leaf packs to set on in the pot. Place the pot on the
stove
4. Steam the matoke for a few hours until tender.
5. Squeeze the matoke while still wrapped in the leaves to mash the fruit. Serve the matoke on fresh leaves
Boiling Matoke
6. Peel the plantains, and slice into chunks. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
7. Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add sliced onions, peppers and garlic.
Cook until tender. Add salt, pepper or coriander to taste.
8. Add stew meat or beef broth. Cook until meat is almost done.
9. Add plantains. Cover and simmer over low heat until plantains are tender.
step 1: get some green matooke bananas and 1 big banana leaf.
step 2: peel (with a knife and oiled hands, they don’t peel easily and have sticky sap) and place in pan with enough water to cover. put lid on and boil until water is gone.
step 3: mash the softened bananas with a wooden spoon into paste over a hot stove.
step 4: place the mashed banana on clean banana leaf. fold into packet.
step 5: ready the pot used to boil bananas with cut banana stem. stack the cut banana leaf stem in the pan. fill pan with water to top of stem sections, then place wrapped mashed banana on this. this is the matooke steamer.
step 6: steam the matooke until the water is dry. the leaves will turn deep green. our matooke is almost ready!
step 7: unfold the leaves, and discover matooke is done! now, place on plate with groundnut sauce (ground peanuts and a little hot water, like thin peanut butter)
the matooke master: annet!
the first bite! yum!
the good thing with Matooke, it does not discriminate source...its good with g-nuts, beans, chicken, meat/beef, fresh fish, and all the rest u can think of.
NOTE: however their are so many ways to prepare or cook Green Bananas
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