Matoke in Peanut Sauce

Name: Matoke in Peanut Sauce
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 8 Green Bananas; 1 cup Raw Ground nuts; 2 Tomatoes; 1 teaspoon Tomato Paste; Dhania; 800 ml Water; 1 Medium/large sized Onion; Salt; White rice and wet fried beef

evamamo @Evamamo1

Nairobi, Kenya

Matoke in Peanut Sauce

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Ingredients

8Green Bananas
1 cupRaw Ground nuts
2Tomatoes
1 teaspoonTomato Paste
Dhania
800 mlWater
1Medium/large sized Onion
Salt
Accompaniment
White rice and wet fried beef

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Steps

1

Take your green bananas wash them. Cut the both ends and make a mild cut in the middle of the banana top to bottom for ease of peeling later. Put them in a pot with water and let them boil till they are mildly cooked.
2

To check for readiness prick with a fork or knife. Remove from the fire and drain the water, add cold water and leave them to cool off.
3

Take a pot add your chopped/diced onions let them cook on low heat till brown
4

Blend your tomato and dhania with a small amount of water for ease of blending. It will change color to look almost dark instead of the expected red from the tomato. Leave a few dhania leaves for garnishing.
5

Also blend your raw groundnuts to powder
6

Once the onion is browned add the blended tomato and dhania. Stir and add your tomato paste and let cook for 10 mins on low heat.
7

Add your groundnut powder and mix with the blended ingredients. Add 200 ml of water and let it cook on low heat keep stirring so that the mixture does not stick on the pot. Cook for 10 mins as you keep adding your water. Let it cook for 5 minutes more add salt.
8

Remember the Green bananas you had boiled and set apart in cold water. Now is time to peel off. Note: if you peel too early they will start turning black
9

You can now add your Bananas and submerge them in the sauce. Let them cook till Bananas are soft. Remove pot from fire and garnish with leaves you set apart. Cover and let food simmer
10

Your matoke sauce is bow ready to serve