Recipe: Tasty Simple Matoke

Recipe: Tasty Simple Matoke Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Simple Matoke. 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. This dish can be made with or without the meat.

Beef Matoke is easy to make.

Beef with matoke is a scrumptious meal that is easy to prepare yet very hearty.

With matoke, you can be creative and try to prepare many variations.

You can cook Simple Matoke using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Simple Matoke

1. You need 6-8 of potatoes.

2. It’s of Chillies.

3. You need to taste of Salt.

4. Prepare 6 of unripe bananas.

5. You need 1 of onion.

6. It’s 2 of tomatoes.

7. You need 1 Tbsp of garlic/ginger paste.

8. Prepare 1 Tbsp of tomato paste.

9. It’s 1 tsp of cumin.

10. It’s 1 of Royce cubes.

11. Prepare 1 bunch of dania.

12. It’s 3 of carrots.

It all comes down to what works for you.

Let us start this simple beef matoke recipe, another tasty one pot meal that everyone young or old can surely enjoy.

Sauté garlic and onions in oil over high heat until soft.

Add taro root, tomatoes, jalapeño, bananas, and cassava or yams.

Simple Matoke instructions

1. In salty water prepare the bananas and set aside. Peel the potatoes and put in a different bowl in water..

2. Prepare all the other vegetables..

3. On medium heat, cook the onions till a bit transparent then add the garlic/ginger paste and cook till golden. Add the potatoes and stir till they start to cook on the edges, add the bananas and continue to stir for 2-5mins..

4. Add all other ingredients and cover till tomatoes are soft. Stir as you add water slowly until all combined. Let it sit on the fire on low heat for 30mins or till the potatoes are cooked through..

5. Add dania and switch off the heat. Let it sit for 5 mins before serving..

Matoke is one of the most famous banana dishes mostly associated with Ugandans as it's their staple food.

As much as this is a simple meal, many people don't find their way around it.

Procedure of how to cook Matoke meal and Kenya Recipe/Photo.

This African recipe comes from BeadforLife, an organization that, through the sales of hand-crafted beaded jewelry, helps teach Ugandan women business skills so they can support their families.

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