Easiest Way to Diet Yummy Matoke curry

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Matoke curry. 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.

My family isn't one that really likes matoke but with this recipe, I get them to really eat it šŸ˜‹šŸ˜‹ Matoke (Green Bananas in Coconut Sauce) By Njambi Gishuru, former PCC Cooks instructor and author of "Authentic African Cooking" Matoke (Green Bananas in Coconut Sauce).

Add curry powder, salt, coconut milk and water.

Add cilantro and turn off the heat.

You can have Matoke curry using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Matoke curry

  1. It’s 6 of green bananas.

  2. It’s 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.

  3. You need 1 of large onion, finely chopped.

  4. It’s 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste.

  5. It’s 15 g of curry powder.

  6. It’s 2 of tomatoes, chopped.

  7. It’s of Salt and pepper.

  8. You need 1 of green bell pepper, chopped.

  9. It’s 1 bunch of dhania, chopped.

Spicy Mashed Matoke (Plantains) Mashed potatoes are a common side dish with grilled chicken or a fish.

Why not change it up a little and make this Spicy Mashed Plantains.

In a bowl, place plantains, lemon juice and boiling water..

The traditional way to make matoke is to steam them in banana leaves, but this version is better suited for the western kitchen.

Matoke curry step by step

  1. Wash clean your bananas, Peel and chop them into desired sizes.

  2. Saute the onions and add in the ginger garlic paste. Cook for a minute..

  3. Pour in the curry powder and give a good mix.

  4. Add in the tomatoes and cook to a paste. Add in the tomato paste and mix. Season..

  5. Add in the chopped bananas and mix.

  6. Add in the chopped bell pepper.

  7. Add in some water to just cover the bananas and let simmer till it reduces by half.

  8. Garnish.serve with rice and some kienyeji greens.

This is a mashed version, similiar to making mashed potatoes.

It's then topped with peanut sauce.

My grandfather wore polished patent shoes, a sharply cut suit and smelt of jasmine, especially behind the ears.

Matoke is a variety of banana indigenous to southwest Uganda.

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