Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, matoke(plantain) served with meatballs and creamed spinach. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Learn how to prepare matoke, a variety of banana indigenous to southwest Uganda. The most common methods of cooking matoke are boiling, steaming, or roasting. Once they are cooked, the flesh turns yellow and should soften to about the same consistency as potatoes.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook matoke(plantain) served with meatballs and creamed spinach using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Matoke(Plantain) Served With Meatballs and Creamed Spinach:
- Make ready 6-10 plantains or as much as you may need
- Take 2 ripe tomatoes
- Make ready 1 large onion
- Take 2-3 tsp tomato paste
- Get Ginger and garlic minced
- Make ready Green bell pepper
- Make ready Vegetable oil
- Make ready Salt and preferred spices
- Make ready Served with creamed spinach and some leftover meatballs
Matoke (or Matooke) refer to the plantain or plantain banana in Uganda, where plantains are a staple crop. In Uganda, plantain bananas are often wrapped in plantain leaves and steamed until tender. This dish can be made with or without the meat. Matoke (or Matooke) refer to the plantain or plantain banana in Uganda, where plantains are a staple crop.
Steps to make Matoke(Plantain) Served With Meatballs and Creamed Spinach:
- Boil your plantains without peeling them. It will prevent them from turning black as you peel. It also shortens the cooking time. It takes about 10 minutes
- Once ready, run some cold water over them and remove the skin.
- Time to make the sauce. Blend your tomatoes, garlic, and ginger. Saute your onions, add in the blended tomatoes, tomato paste and green bell peppers. Add in your spices and let them simmer for a while before adding in your boiled plantains.
- Let them cook for a few minutes before turning off the flame.
- Meatballs in coconut sauce - - Get your meat balls ready. I had about 5 left over. Saute your onions, tomatoes,tomato paste, garlic, ginger, and any other preferred spices. Add some coconut milk and throw in the meatballs. Let them cook till ready.
- For the creamed spinach - - Saute your onions, and garlic till translucent. Pour in a little cream (I used coconut cream) before adding the spinach. Let them cook for a few minutes.
- Serve and enjoy. Adjust salt and spices to suit your taste.
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