Matoke
Matoke , also known as matooke , is a meal made from steamed green plantains and is one of Uganda's national dishes .
Matoke is also widespread in Rwanda , in Tanzania around Lake Victoria and in western Kenya, where it replaces Ugali as the basic food.
preparation
Matoke fruits ( plantains )
Street sales of Matoke in Uganda
Usually the plantains are peeled, wrapped in banana leaves and placed in a saucepan. Then the pot filled with water is heated and Matoke is steamed for a few hours. While it's raw white and quite hard, steaming makes matoke soft and yellow. After steaming, matoke is mashed to a pulp while it is still wrapped in the leaves. It is consumed with meat or fish and a sauce ( Binyebwa ) made from ground peanuts .
literature
- Robinson, JC and Galán Saúco, V. 2010. Bananas and plantains . 2nd edition. Crop Production Science in Horticulture 19. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 311 pp.
Web links
Commons : Matoke - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip Briggs, Janice Booth: Rwanda , page 55. ISBN 1841623067
- ^ Philip Briggs: Tanzania: With Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia , page 73. ISBN 1841622885
- ↑ Helmut Grosse: Kenya , page 20, ISBN 3829702701
- ^ Fran Osseo-Asare: Food culture in sub-Saharan Africa , page 119. ISBN 0313324883