his is NOT a banana. This is a plantain!" Oby definitely has a point. For Nigerians (and Jamaicans) it is a kind of potato that you can fry, boil, mash or make pies from.I saw similar ones, if somewhat smaller, in Thailand, where they call them kluay nam wah (กล้วยน้ำว้า) and grill them on charcoals.
You can definitely know they are not your regular dessert bananas because they have black stones inside.
The easiest and most common thing you can do with a plantain is to fry it in oil.
- Heat a frying pan on medium high heat.
- Add oil, wait until it gets hot.
- Slice plantains into 2-3mm wedges and sprinkle them with salt.
- Put the wedges in the pan. Fry until golden brown.
- Serve with hkatenkwan or abenkwan or any other African or Caribbean dish of your choice.
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ReplyDeleteMy wife is from Trinidad and she makes Fried Bake, Fried Plantain, Tomato Choka and Pumpkin. That food is soooooo tasty and nice.
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Thanks for this one, this African plantain is delicious, specially fried, it provides a perfect combination with the food.
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