Name: Dodo (Plantain) Salad
Yield: A Barbecue/Buffet Salad For 6 (ISH)
Ingredients: 1 large plantain/banana leaf, rinsed and thoroughly dried, to serve; 1 small bunch of fresh coriander (cilantro); 1 green (bell) pepper, diced; salt; juice of 1–2 limes; 1tbsp peanut butter; 1 tbsp butter for frying, and a splash of oil to stop the butter burning; 4 black-ish plantains, peeled and cut into 2 cm/¾ in chunks; 2 bunches of spring onions (scallion(s)), chopped; 1 red (bell) pepper, diced; 4–5 garlic cloves, finely sliced; splash of peanut (or non-extra-virgin olive) oil; 150 g/5½ oz/1 cup raw shelled peanuts; sea salt; 1 tsp smoked paprika

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A Barbecue/Buffet Salad For
6
(ISH)

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Salmagundi

By Sally Butcher

Published 2014

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This is a lot of fun as it is served on a plantain (or banana) leaf. Plantain leaves are big (in every sense) in the East, where they are used for wrapping and steaming and baking food, as well as for serving. The leaves are full of phytonutrients, which it is believed are imparted on to foodstuffs served thereon. Any which way, it will make a change from your finest Limoges or discount shop platters (although clearly these will have to suffice if you cannot source the real thing), and what

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