Matoke

Steamed green bananas mashed with groundnut sauce.

Ingredients

• 10 Green bananas
• 1 cup Peanuts
• 1 Onion
• 3 Tomatoes
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 4 Banana leaves
• 2 tsp Salt
• 2 cups Water
• 3 tbsp Oil

Method

1. Peel the bananas — Peel under running water with oiled hands — the sap stains everything it touches.
2. Wrap — Wrap the peeled bananas in banana leaves and set them in a pot over a bed of stalks.
3. Steam — Steam for 1 hour until completely soft.
4. Make the sauce — Roast and grind the peanuts, then simmer with tomato, onion and garlic until thick.
5. Mash — Mash the matoke in its leaves while hot.
6. Matoke is ready — Serve the mash with groundnut sauce poured over.

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