If you see a plantain in your kitchen, what’s on the menu? Plantain fufu, pasteles, rellenitos de plátano, tostones, mole de plátano, mofongo are just a few of the dishes that come to mind.

Plantains are cooked green, semi-ripe or fully-ripe. Treat them like a starchy vegetable and use in savoury or sweet dishes. Before cooking, peel by top and tailing the fruit, then cut along the ...

1. Peel the plantains: Cut off the ends using a sharp knife, score the skin on four sides, then use your fingers to pry the skin loose. 2. Cut peeled plantains into one-inch pieces. Fry them in a ...

A new cookbook shines a spotlight on the pioneering ... is never without a pile of blackening plantains. There is a plantain recipe for every stage of ripeness, from hard and green to soft and ...

A healthy recipe of plantain stems and a few mild spices. Plantain stems are a very good source of dietary fiber. Add a tsp of curd to one cup of water. Drop the plantain slices in this water and ...

Cook until the plantains are dark brown ... Divide the sauce from the pan among the plates and serve. Recipe courtesy of New Latin Classics by Lorena Garcia and Raquel Pelzel/Ballantine Books ...