Tuesday 14 August 2012

Recipe for Plantain Parties

It's like a party in your mouth, and that's why it's every volunteer's favourite dish: Bernard's special Plantain Parties. Here's the recipe for you to try at home; you should be able to find all of the ingredients outside of Ghana.


For the plantain parties (for 4 people)
Plantain, ripe - 6
Onion, chopped - depends on how much you like onion!
Eggs, beaten - 2
Plain flour
Salt
Oil

Mash ripe plantain 
Add eggs, onion and a few pinches of salt and mix well
Slowly mix in the flour until the batter becomes quite thick
Deep fry in oil

For the red stew (not so sure on the quantities here - try it by eye)
Oil
Tomato paste - lots!
Beans, cooked (pick your favourite variety, we use red ones) - 2 big cups (maybe a couple of cans of tinned beans; you can also use baked beans)
Chopped onion - 1 big one
Seasoning (1 bay leaf, a big pinch of rosemary, a big pinch of salt)

Fry the onion in a good amount of oil, then stir in three heaped tablespoons of tomato paste
Stir over heat until the tomato paste starts to brown
Add the seasoning and beans
Cook for a few minutes on a low flame until heated through


Any feedback from those who have tried this would be appreciated!

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