Dodo (Plantain) Salad

Preparation info
  • A Barbecue/Buffet Salad For

    6

    (ISH)
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Sally Butcher

Published 2014

  • About

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