Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, green bananas(matoke) shepherd pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Green bananas(matoke) Shepherd pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Green bananas(matoke) Shepherd pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have green bananas(matoke) shepherd pie using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Green bananas(matoke) Shepherd pie:
- Get 1 and a half kg of green bananas
- Make ready 1/2 kg minced meat
- Take 1 large carrot(grated)
- Get 1 onion
- Get 2 tomatoes(peeled)
- Get Salt, 1tsp paprika
- Make ready 1 tsp tumeric powder
- Prepare Cooking oil
- Get 1 egg wash (optional)
Matoke is a banana variety that is indigenous to Uganda. They are shorter than regular bananas and are somewhat thicker at the mid section as a If the bananas are fully ripe, they can be consumed as normal fruit, but it is considered a waste since matoke is known as a green cooking banana. The matoke is then mashed while still wrapped in the leaves or bags and often served on a fresh banana leaf. It is typically eaten with a sauce made of vegetables, ground peanut, or some type of meat (goat or beef).
Steps to make Green bananas(matoke) Shepherd pie:
- Prepare your ingredients….. In a sufuria boil your minced meat with little water while and stir…..when all the water has evaporated from the meat, add enough cooking oil, onion and stir….leave it for about 3mins to cook….
- Now add your grated carrots, tomatoes, paprika, salt and tumeric powder….stir let them cook for about 10mins or until the tomatoes have become juicy….!!
- Peel and wash your bananas, cut them into two pieces….put them in a pot with water and little oil and salt….boil them until soft….then mash them using a mwiko….
- Cover your pie baking tin with a foil, spread your cooked minced on the foil…..then on top spread your mashed bananas you can egg wash or leave it like that…..bake @180degrees for 30mins
- Once ready remove from the oven let it rest for about 10mins then serve…..enjoy!
While uncooked, the matoke is white and fairly hard; cooking turns it soft and yellow. Green bananas are the same bananas you would eat as ripe fruit for breakfast or a snack, but they're often prepared as a vegetable in the Caribbean, mostly in savory You can also make pies with them, such as a shepherd's pie. Peel the bananas and wash them in cold water. Put into a pot, add the water, and cover. Green bananas are not dessert bananas.
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