Plantain, Chilli & Polenta Fritters

For those not familiar with plantains, they are those huge ‘bananas’ that you may have seen in Caribbean or African food stores and markets. They are sold in shades from green (hard, starchy and unripe) to yellow (firm and semi-sweet) to mottled brown (soft and sweet). When ripe they are very banana-like in taste, but their main use is as a source of starch in tropical cooking – and for this the less ripe fruit is normally chosen. If you’d like to try, just boil them in their skins for abou