Unripe Plantain Porridge With Green Vegetables

Unripe Plantain Porridge served hot!

Unripe plantain porridge ready to move to the dining table!

TO SEE ANOTHER RECIPE OF UNRIPE PORRIDGE PLANTAIN WITH SMOKED FISH, GO HERE

 Unripe Plantain Porridge With Fresh Green Vegetables

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Ingredients for unripe porridge plantain:

• chopped unripe plantain
• smoked catfish
• pepper
• seasoning cubes
• salt
• palm oil
• fluted pumpkin, green amaranth or hot leaf (uziza)

Cooking steps for green unripe plantain:

1. Add the chopped plantain to a pot of boiling water
2. Add the bone picked smoked fish,ground pepper, salt and seasoning, cover and allow to boil.
3. Add the palm oil(not much), cover again and allow to boil until the oil mixes well
4. Check for salt and stir frequently if you want it thick
5. Allow to cook, check if plantain is tender enough for you.
6. Finally, add the washed and chopped green vegetables, stir and check for salt and thickness before turning off the heat. Leave pot open after turning off the heat.

This unripe plantain porridge is given to mothers who just give birth to babies. Theirs is cooked with a lot of sauce (water) and the vegetable used is uziza.  I cooked with  the Fluted pumpkin ( ugu) leaves instead of hot leaf. This is so delicious. The vegetable was the last thing to be added and as soon as I added, the heat was turned off to avoid cooking the green vegetables. The steps are the same as the previous one but the taste is slightly different for a change. If  the veggies are not over cooked, you get the crunchy sound when chewing.

Unlike ripe plantain, this one does not contain that sugar, so.
I love it because I do not want my weight to increase any further.  The taste is even nicer than the color  For those struggling with weight loss or weight gain, why not drop the ripe plantain for a while and enjoy this delicacy. 

Unripe Plantain porridge can be eaten at any time of the day. The quantity of water depends on how soft you want your porridge and the quantity of soup you want to enjoy with your plantain. It can be chopped into very tiny pieces but I like to do more of the chopping with my fork and knife while at the table. Sometimes I chop into bigger sizes than what is here.

Plantain is best eaten when still  unripe, and there is no better way than making some delicious  porridge. To see pictures of unripe plantain, GO HERE. Also see boiled unripe plantain with egg plant stew HERE

Sorry to all those who clicked on that link to get the recipe. I just added it now. That link does not exist anymore. So sorry!

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