Hello welcome to my foodie corner. Lol. I hope you like food as much as I do. The mention of food gets me in the right mood. Hehehe.
Talking about liking food, what's your favorite plantain dish? For me it's unripe plantain and I love porridge plantain with enough veggies. Sometimes I add potato or beans to it. Yummy yum. 😋
I bought some unripe plantain, hoping to prepare porridge with them but they got ripe before I could use them. So I decided to prepare them this way - boiled plantain with vegetable sauce.
So let's cook
Ingredients
- 4 fingers of plantain.
- 1 tablespoon of grounded dry pepper.
- 1 tablespoon of salt.
- ½ tablespoon of ehuru (African nutmeg).
- 1 sizeable bulb of onion.
- 20ml of vegetable oil.
- 10 leaves of ugu (pumpkin vegetable), fresh from my garden.
- Water.
Ehuru (African nutmeg) is a natural essential spice used in many dishes like soups, sauces and soups. It's aroma and flavor adds to the tasty goodness of these delicacies.
This is how the ehuru seed looks like.
Procedure
- First wash the plantain, cut in desired sizes. I prefer cooking them unpeeled.
- Get your cooking pot, pour the cut plantain, add water, salt, cover the lid and allow to cook for about 15 - 20 minutes.
While it's cooking, prep other ingredients.
- Wash and cut the vegetables.
- Peel the onion, dice or slice.
Making the vegetable sauce
- In a dry pot or pan, pre-heat the vegetable oil on medium heat for about 2 - 3 minutes.
Add a pinch of salt, onion, stir fry for a minute.
Add ehuru, pepper, more salt to taste, and stir fry for another 2 minutes.
- Finally add the vegetable, stir fry for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat. I love my veggies fresh and crunchy.
- By now, the plantains should be cooked. So drain the water, gently peel them, and serve on your favorite plate, garnished nicely with the sauce.
Sit down and enjoy. 😋
This meal tasted so nice that I couldn't get enough of it. It's nutritious and suitable for the old and young alike. And the kicker is that it's a great meal for breakfast or dinner. You can even pack it on the go as lunch.
I hope you like the recipe and would try it out someday. Please do let me know. Thank you.
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