Name: Plantain Bread Foodie: Linda Eaten in: Puerto Rico I was quite suspicious when I first tried this recipe, we make many different dishes with plantains in Côte d’Ivoire, but plantain bread isn’t one of them. What could it possibly taste like? Regular banana bread? Or worse, a weird cake-shaped dish with bits of plantains… Continue reading Plantain bread… a strech for West Africans, staple for Puerto Ricans.
Category: Banana
Plantain chips: easy “do-it-yourself” snacks
Name: Plantain chips Or Banan frit in Haiti, Platanutres in Puerto Rico, Mariquitas in Cuba, Chifles in Guyana, Dodo or Ipekere (Yoruba tribe) in Nigeria, Missole in Cameroon, Tostones or plataninas in some of Central and South American countries!!!!!! ( Not to be confused with the double fried tostones from the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Venezuela (see Banan Pese post)) Eaten… Continue reading Plantain chips: easy “do-it-yourself” snacks
Aranitas- spiders?
Name: Aranitas Eaten in: South America Foodie: Elodie Aranitas means spiders in Spanish. Do not worry, you will not need to go chase some tropical spider to realize this dish, all you need are plantains and garlic. Garlic is in my opinion what really gives this dish its taste. I had never had, nor made aranitas before,… Continue reading Aranitas- spiders?
Klaklo- never too late with plantains!
Name: Klaklo Location: Côte d’Ivoire Foodie: Elodie Plantains are very special in my opinion, because they can be eaten and still be delicious no matter how ripe they are. I am hard pressed to think of another starch that has similar attributes: I cannot remember how many times I went to the grocery store, determined to… Continue reading Klaklo- never too late with plantains!