~434 cal · 13g protein · 59g carbs · 20g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Mashed green bananas with a purple-brown peanut sauce
🇺🇬 Kampala
Matoke — steamed and mashed green cooking bananas — is the beloved staple of central Uganda, often wrapped in its own leaves and steamed for hours until golden and soft. Paired with a creamy groundnut (peanut) sauce that cooks to a striking purple-brown, it is the comfort food of Buganda tables.
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Ingredients
Serves 6 —
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10-12 green cooking bananas (matoke), peeled
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1 cup raw groundnut (peanut) flour or peanut butter
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1 onion
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2 tomato
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3 cloves garlic
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as needed banana leaves (or foil) for steaming
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to taste salt
Instructions
1
Wrap the peeled matoke in banana leaves (or foil) and steam 45–60 minutes until very soft.
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Meanwhile, simmer the onion, tomato, and garlic into a sauce.
3
Whisk the groundnut flour (or sunbutter) with water and stir in; simmer until it thickens and darkens.
4
Mash the steamed matoke soft, adding a little of its steaming liquid.
5
Serve the matoke with the groundnut sauce ladled over.
Kampala tradition.
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Kampala. Where the Rolex — rolled eggs, not the watch — rules the street.
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Uganda. The pearl of Africa, where breakfast rolls itself up.
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Africa. Fifty-four countries of tagines, stews, and fire-kissed grills.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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