Recipe: at dinner Matoke and spinach

Recipe: at dinner Matoke and spinach Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Matoke and spinach. Matoke, also known as plantains or green bananas, are eaten daily in Uganda. They are often wrapped in their own leaves and steamed. 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.

Today I share a meal that in many ways is a delicacy to us guys in East Africa.

Matoke, cooked green bananas and bean stew.

Matoke (or Matooke) refer to the plantain or plantain banana in Uganda, where plantains are a staple crop.

You can have Matoke and spinach using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Matoke and spinach

1. Prepare of Spinach.

2. It’s of Onions.

3. It’s of Carrots.

4. Prepare of Salt.

5. It’s of Cooking oil.

6. It’s of Raw bananas.

7. It’s of Potatoes.

8. It’s of Water.

In Uganda, plantain bananas are often wrapped in plantain leaves and steamed until tender.

See recipes for Green bananas (matoke) and peanut butter sauce too.

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 and spinach step by step

1. Put cooking oil and onions in a sufuria.

2. After a while add carrots then potatoes and bananas.

3. Add spinach and salt.

4. Add water then after 20 minutes it will be ready.

5. Serve with an avocado and enjoy.

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

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

Rwanda and Uganda produce bananas in large quantities.

Matoke is made from bananas, fried with onions and seasoned with salt.

Freshly ground spices give your matoke a hot-sweet taste that you'll enjoy.