Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, matoke. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Matoke (or Matooke) refer to the plantain or plantain banana in Uganda, where plantains are a staple crop. In Uganda, plantain bananas are often wrapped in plantain leaves and steamed until tender. Matoke are shorter than ordinary bananas. They appear to be thick at the midsection due to their Plantains are relatively easy to peel, though, but matoke can't be peeled in the same way as ordinary.
Matoke is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Matoke is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook matoke using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Matoke:
- Make ready Green Bananas
- Get 3 medium size tomatoes
- Prepare Dhania
- Take Cooking oil
- Get to taste salt
- Make ready water for boiling bananas
- Make ready cube beef
Matoke is a banana variety that is indigenous to Uganda. They are shorter than regular bananas and are Due to the high starch content, the flesh of unripe matoke bananas is especially hard, so they. Vegetarian Matoke: Matoke is just as tasty when served as a vegetarian meal. Simply eliminate the beef and use water or vegetable stock.
Instructions to make Matoke:
- With the skin still on boil the green banana in salty water until the skin turns black or a tooth pick pressed goes in easily
- Drain the excess water and let them cool and then peel the skin
- In a pot fry the onions until golden brown then add in your sliced tomatoes and the cubes
- Lower the heat and cook this mixture until the tomatoes are soft and tender or well cooked
- Add in the sliced cooked green bananas gently mix to ensure they are well coated in the paste. add a few tablespoons of water and let this cook covered 5 minutes on a medium low heat
- Switch of the heat and sprinkle your chopped dhania then serve hot
Vegetarian Matoke: Matoke is just as tasty when served as a vegetarian meal. Simply eliminate the beef and use water or vegetable stock. Matoke locally also known as matooke, amatooke, ekitookye in south western Uganda, ekitooke in western Uganda and ikitoke in Rwanda, is a starchy variety of banana. Find matoke stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. See recipes for Mashed matoke n groundnut sauce, Simple Plain Matoke too.
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