Recipe: To Try At Home Matoke

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Matoke. Matoke, locally also known as matooke, amatooke, ekitookye in southwestern Uganda, ekitooke in western Uganda, ebitooke in northwestern Tanzania and igitoki in Rwanda, is a starchy variety of banana. The fruit is harvested green, carefully peeled, and then cooked and often mashed or pounded into a meal. Matoke (or Matooke) refer to the plantain or plantain banana in Uganda, where plantains are a staple crop.

Matoke is a variety of banana indigenous to southwest Uganda.

It comes from the family of bananas known as the East African Highland bananas.

Matoke is used mainly for cooking when they are green and unripe.

You can cook Matoke using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Matoke

1. It’s 10 of med potatoes.

2. You need 8 of med cooking bananas.

3. It’s 1/2 kg of boiled meat.

4. It’s 1 of zuchini.

5. Prepare 2 of large tomatoes.

6. Prepare 2 tbsp of tomato paste.

7. It’s of Fresh ginger, tumeric and garlic crushed.

8. It’s of Dried spice of your choice.

9. Prepare of Chopped Coriander.

10. It’s of Salt.

11. You need 2 of med carrots.

12. You need 2 of med onions.

Cooked and mashed matoke is the nation al dish of Uganda.

Plaintains and green bananas (matoke) are a staple part of the diet in Uganda and much of East Africa.

Matoke is also the name given to a delicious, rib-sticking plantain stew that is a Ugandan national dish.

Versions of matoke, also known as matooke, are served in Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

Matoke step by step

1. Peel the banana,bananas and half them.

2. Grate carrot and zucchini. Chop onions and tomatoes.

3. Heat oil in a cooking pot and add the onions. Let it brown abit then add the crushed mixture, tomatoes, tomato paste,salt and spice of choice. Stir and cover to Cook for about 3 mins..

4. Add meat and cook abit. Add the potatoes and keep stirring so that it does not burn.

5. After 5 mins of cooking, add the bananas and stir well. If too dry you can add some broth/water..

6. Add like 3 cups of water and bring to boil on low heat..

7. When done, store in the coriander. Serve hot..

If you use green bananas for this dish, make sure they are very green.

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Matoke, also known as plantains or green bananas, are eaten daily in Uganda.

They are often wrapped in their own leaves and steamed.