African Plantain Recipes - Flavour Chef

African Plantain Recipes

Roasted ripe plantains have a nice crispy, caramelized texture, and a relentless sweet taste. It is a ubiquitous Caribbean cuisine that is served with almost every meal and enjoyed in other parts of the world. This is a quick and easy dish that is sure to bring Caribbean flavor to your home.

This plant is a member of the banana family. Unlike bananas, plantains are carbohydrates and should be cooked before eating. Like planting, its carbs are converted into natural sugars, resulting in a sweet taste. Quick frying of a fully ripe plantain in oil carries all the sugar to the caramelized surface. It makes a delicious chip that is simultaneously crisp and sweet. After the first taste, you will know why it's more preferable to eat fried plantain.

The key to successful roasting plantains is picking ripe fruits and using the right frying pan, oil, and heat. The skin of the ripe plantain should be almost black or in some cases pale yellow with black patches. In addition to being sweet, ripe fruit skins are easy to blend and ripen at any time.

What do you eat with fried plantains?

Serve the fried ripe plants as a side dish or breakfast. They are excellent with island favorites like red beans and rice and Jamaican jerk chicken and can be added to soups or dishes. In the South American country of Guyana, they are traditionally served a national dish called cook-up rice (meat cooked with rice, beans, and coconut milk).

Is it good to fry ripe plantain?

It is somewhat crisp on the outside and smoothes on the inside. So delicious that you can eat it raw or as a side dish with rice and beans.

Do you fry green or yellow plantains?

Fried green plantains are called "tostones". Yellow plants still need cooking, but they are sweet (as opposed to green plantains). These work great for frying and steaming.

African Plantain Recipe/Ingredients

This healthy and delicious African plantain recipe requires only 3 simple ingredients:
Ripe plants
Olive oil
Salt

How ripe should plantains be for frying?

Plantains go through different stages before it is completely ripe. When your plantain turns green>bright yellow>dark yellow with black spots, you should know it is ripe enough 
Once the spots start to appear and the skin turns black, the carbs turn into sugar, so the plant is now sweet and perfectly suited for baking.

How to prepare perfect African Plantain Recipe

• First, carefully peel the skin off. Then slice them into 1/4 to 1/3 inch strips.
• Next, coat the strips with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
• Fry over low heat for 2-3 minutes. Baking at high heat might cause everything to burn around the edges before absorbing the oil.
• Turn it over to fry the other side.
• Now we have our perfectly roasted plantain

Now we have our perfectly roasted plantains. The sweetness of the ripe plants makes it a perfectly salty-sweet snack.
We like to heat ripe plantain, but they taste amazing even at room temperature, so don’t be afraid to make them ahead of time.

They are best stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. You can easily fry it by baking for with 425-degree oven until the plantain becomes crispy.

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Efo Riro Recipe - Flavour Chef

Efo Riro
Efo Riro is a vegetable soup popularly known among the Yoruba Tribe in Nigeria. This native soup is commonly prepared with vegetables such as Efo Tete( Green Amaranth) and Efo Shoko. Efo Riro is no doubt one of the most delicious soup among the Yoruba’s.
It is easy to prepare in as much as you have all the ingredient listed in this article

Efo Riro Ingredients

• 2 bunches of Tete leaves ( you can also use Ugwu or Soko)
• Assorted meats e.g (Kpomo, Shaki,  smoked turkey cow leg, or beef are ideal)
• 3 big size bell peppers (Tatashe)
• Dried stockfish (Panla)
• Half Cup of Ground Crayfish
• 3 tablespoons ground Crayfish
• Smoked catfish
• 2-3 spoons of iru (locust beans)
• half cup of sliced onions
• 3 Seasoning cubes
• 1/2 cup Palm Oil
• 11/2scotch bonnet (Rodo)
• Salt to taste

Note: Efo Riro is a fast-cooking recipe, so you need to be active

First, prepare your main Ingredients.

Put your meat on the fire, Add the chopped onion and bring to a boil over medium heat. Remember to boil the hardened meat first, then add it tenderly. Before fully cooked, add the stockfish, boil until tender, and set aside.
Wash your vegetables well with warm water to get rid of all dirt, be careful not to put them in hot water for too long to retain nutrients. Chop and set aside to your liking.
Mix the Scotch bonnets and bell peppers with onion and set aside in a large pot, add the palm oil, and place over medium heat for 2 minutes. Then add onion and fry till fragrant
Then add the locust beans and fry for another minute to release the flavor. Now add black pepper and two or three cubes season, Fry for 15-20 minutes or until the chilies are almost dry and about half the size.
Add a little stock meat/chicken stock, if you do not have stock, add water, be careful not to add too much. All you need is a cup.
Allow to boil for 2-3 minutes, then add the mixed meat, shrimp, crayfish, rockfish, and catfish. If necessary, season to taste and adjust. Allow cooking for another 10 minutes
Finally, add the washed vegetables and mix well

Turn off the heat at this point, bring to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes. It is ready to serve. Efo Riro can be eaten with Rice, banana, and Boiled yam.

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