Appetizer
Recipe Cuisine
Ugandan
Cooking Method
Simmering
Cooking Time
1 hour 20 minutes
Nutrition
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Recipe Ingredients
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽8 -10 plantains
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽1 lemon, juice of (optional)
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽oil (for frying)
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽1 onion, chopped
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽2 -3 tomatoes, chopped (or canned whole tomatoes, drained)
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽1 green bell pepper, chopped
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽1 chili pepper, chopped (optional)
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽salt or coriander orcayenne pepper (to taste) or red pepper (to taste)
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽1 lb ground beef(optional) or 1 lb beef stew meat, cut in bite-sized pieces (optional)
路 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽1 cup beef broth(optional) or 1 cup beef stock (optional)
Recipe Instructions
1. Peel the plantains, cut into cubes, sprinkle with lemon juice, and set aside.
2.聽 Heat oil in a large pan. Fry the Onion, tomatoes, green pepper, hot pepper, and garlic together. Add spices to taste. Stir in the beef and tomatoes and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.
3. Add the beef stock or water and season with salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes.
4. Reduce heat. Add plantains. Cover and simmer over low heat until plantains are tender and meat is done. Serve matoke.
Recipe Yield
4-6 people
About Ugandan Matoke
Matoke is the fruit of a variety of Starchy banana, commonly referred to as cooking/green bananas. The fruit is harvested green, carefully peeled and then cooked and often mashed or pounded into a meal. In Uganda and Rwanda, the fruit is 聽steam-cooked and the mashed meal is considered a national dish in both countries.
The medium-sized green fruits, which are of a specific group of banana, the East African Highland Bananas (AAA-EAH), are known in the Bantu languages of the African Great Lakes region as Matoke
Reviewer Rating
I rate Matoke 3 out of 5
References
Whtas4eats.com
Geniuskitchen.com