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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 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Matoke

1. It’s of Green Banana.

2. It’s of Beef.

3. It’s of Oil.

4. You need of Salt.

5. You need of Onions.

6. Prepare of Tomatoes.

7. You need of Mango.

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. Oil your Hans and knife and peel the raw bananas. Keep oiling your hands and knife after every banana to avoid the sticky glue staining your bananas and hands.

2. Marinate the meat with ginger and garlic paste for 30 minutes and boil till tender.

3. Wet fry your meat with onions and tomatoes.

4. Shallow fry the bananas and set aside.

5. Chop onions and soak in salty water for 5 minutes.

6. Chop tomatoes, dania and mango.

7. Drain the onions and mix with the tomatoes mixture above. Dress with lemon juice.

8. Serve the matoke, beef and mango salsa.

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.