Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, matoke. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Matoke is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Matoke is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
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.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook matoke using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Matoke:
- Get 6 raw bananas
- Prepare 1 onion
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic
- Take 1 tomato
- Get 2 tbs oil
- Take Pinch tumeric powder
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Get 1/2 Green pepper
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:
- Peel the bananas, when doing this put oil in your hands to avoid stickiness. Put them in salty water to avoid them turning black
- Heat oil, then add onions and garlic and fry till brown
- Add tomatoes, salt and tumeric, cook till they soften
- Add the bananas stir then add 1 cup water
- Cook till they are properly cooked, this will take around 20mins on medium heat
- Serve with any stew of your choice
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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