Green Banana яхния с авокадо салата

The sticky, spicy sauce deliciously offsets the blandness of the starchy vegetables. This is actually made with an unripe plantain.   Плантаните са по-големи от бананите и трябва да се готвят, но когато го опитах за първи път в Танзания, така ми го описаха. Аз го адаптирах и добавих боб за протеин.  It takes a while to cook but it’s a simple one pot dish.

Съставки служи 2 много щедро (или 3, can be stored in the fridge but not frozen)

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a large plantain (about 370g or 13 унции)

2 средни картофи (about 350g or 12 и 1/2 унции)

2 large garlic cloves

a piece of ginger (one inch or 2 и 1/2cm)

a tablespoon of harissa paste (hot spicy North African sauce, you can substitute tabasco)

на 400 грама (14 унция) може на домати

шепа замразен грах

half a 400g (14 унция) can of kidney beans (you can freeze the rest)

2 супени лъжици доматено пюре

сол и черен пипер

зехтин

an avocado, salad leaves and a squeeze of lemon juice to serve

flat leaf parsley to garnish (незадължителен)

Метод

Finely slice the onion and put it in a large lidded saucepan (save a little for the salad) with a little olive oil, stir to coat and sprinkle with salt.  Put the lid on and sweat for 10 минути

In the meantime finely chop the 2 cloves of garlic and ginger.  Add these and a good grind of black pepper, stir together and sweat for another 5 минути

Обелете живовляка с Дамаски готварски нож и нарежете на половин инч (1.25cm) rounds. Add these to the onions and add some cold water to a half inch depth in the pan.  Bring to the boil, put the lid back on and continue to simmer

Scrub the potatoes and chop into a one inch (2 and a 1/2cm dice).  Add these to the pan (they wont all be covered yet) put the lid on and simmer for another 10 минути

След 10 minutes add the 2 tablespoons (a good squirt) of tomato puree and the can of tomatoes, bring back to the boil and simmer for a further 20 за 25 minutes until the vegetables fall off of a knife

Add the drained kidney beans and the handful of frozen peas for the last five minutes

Scatter with parsley (незадължителен) and serve with salad leaves, cubed avocado and a little chopped raw onion with a squeeze of lemon juice and black pepper

One thought on “Green Banana Stew with Avocado Salad

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