Foods are enjoyed by many the world over. Many have enjoyed various sumptuous meals that they would like to enjoy again by preparing it themselves or it has been a long while since they prepared some so as a result might need some guide as to how to go about it.
Following are various dishes or recipes that are prepared using Plantain. Ranging from the Kelewele's to the tatale's etc. Please read through and prepare yours at home, below are the various recipes using plantain:
KELEWELE (Fried ripe plantain smeared with pepper, ginger and salt)
Ingredients
4 Fingers of ripe plantain.
500ml Cooking oil.
1 level tablespoon milled pepper.
1 level tablespoon grind ginger.
Salt to taste.
Preparation
Peel the ripe plantain and cut into smaller sizes. Grind pepper and ginger and mix with a little amount of water and then put the cut ripe plantain in a bowl.
You then mix in the grind pepper, ginger and salt making sure that every bit of the cut ripe plantain gets smeared with the pepper, ginger and salt in the bowl.
Deep fry in hot oil and let it fry till light brown and then serve with roasted groundnut.
E/OTOR (Mashed ripe plantain)
Ingredients
4 fingers half ripe plantain.
5g groundnut paste.
1/4 teaspoonful grind pepper.
1 large onion.
2 tablespoonful palm oil.
Salt to taste.
Preparation
Peel and put the half ripe plantain into a saucepan and then add water and salt to taste. Cover it and bring to a boil on fire.
After 20 minutes, take off fire and then drain the water off the plantain. Grind pepper, onion and add salt to taste in an earthen ware (Asanka) or in any large bowl.
Add the boiled half ripe plantain into the bowl with the grind pepper and onion and then mash and mix them together. Add the groundnut paste and mix it in while you put your palm oil on fire and add onion to the oil.
When the palm oil and onion is well cooked, pour it onto the mashed plantain and mix it in, correct seasoning and then serve.
TATALE
Ingredients
4 Over ripe plantain.
1 full teaspoon milled pepper.
1 full teaspoon grind onion.
75g Flour (hard).
50g Palm Oil.
Salt to taste.
Preparation
Pound the over ripe plantain after peeling it in a mortar. Grind onion and pepper and then mix it into the pounded over ripe plantain.
Add in the flour (hard) and salt to taste. Put a little palm oil on fire in a pan till heated and then fetching with a ladle the plantain mixture bit by bit into the oil.
Occasionally turn the plantain mixture put in the oil to prevent them from burning. Continue turning until well cooked.
Serve with boiled beans and gari.
FRIED RIPE PLANTAIN
Ingredients
4 ripe plantain.
125ml cooking oil.
Salt.
Preparation
Peel the and then cut the ripe plantain into slices and then prepare a salt solution to your taste using water.
Put the sliced ripe plantain in the salt solution. Meanwhile put your frying pan on fire with enough cooking oil in it.
When the oil is heated, take out the plantain from the salt solution and deep fry in the oil till well cooked.
Serve with boiled beans and palm oil.
OFAM
Ingredients
4 Over ripe plantain.
100g Palm oil.
1 Medium sized Onion.
200g Grind corn or corn dough or rice flour.
Pepper and Salt to taste.
Grind ginger.
Preparation
Peel and pound or mash the over ripe plantain till it becomes free from lumps. Mix in your grind corn/rice flour , pepper, ginger, Onion and salt.
Add the palm oil and mix it in well. Then put the mixture taking it bit by bit into a greased tins with palm oil for baking.
Bake in a hot oven for about 30 minutes and make sure it is well cooked.
Remove from the oven and then serve.
PLANTAIN CHIPS
Ingredients
5 fingers of Plantain.
500ml Cooking oil.
Salt.
Preparation
Wash and peel the plantain and then put cooking oil in a pan and place on fire to heat.
Using a potatoes peeler peel the plantain gradually into the hot oil on the fire.
Deep fry in the hot oil till cooked. When well cooked, remove from the oil and then drain it of oil and sprinkle it with salt.
Serve as a snack with groundnuts and or a drink.
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