Matoke with Peanut Curry

Name: Matoke with Peanut Curry
Ingredients: Butter; ½ lb unhulled groundnuts zapped in a food processor, with a little oil and water, sugar and salt to taste. The nuts should be broken not pulverized. A jar of coarse peanut butter of good quality can be used instead.; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 3 fresh tomatoes; ½ tsp crushed garlic; 1 small onion; Greaseproof paper or, better still, banana leaves; 10 small green African plantains; 1 tsp mixture of dhania and jeera powder, a spice mixture frequently used in Asian cooking; ½ tsp chilli powder or more to taste. I love this really hot to pep up the starchy bananas.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

10 small green African plantains
Butter
½ lb unhulled groundnuts zapped in a food processor, with

Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Butter a large piece of greaseproof paper or some banana leaves to wrap round the plantains (unpeeled). Don’t pack them in too tight.
Place parcel/parcels on a baking tray.
Bake in the oven at a medium temperature (325°F, 170°C, gas mark 3) for twenty-five minutes.
Open carefully and check; the plantains should be cooked but not mushy.