Recipe for Cooking Plantain
Need a recipe for cooking plantains? These miniature bananas are packed with carbohydrates making them the perfect snack for any eventful day.
Before you can decide upon a recipe for cooking plantains, you will need to distinguish between the green, yellow, and black types. The green types are rather starchy and they are best fried or boiled. The yellow types are slightly sweeter and they are also slightly mushy (for this reason, they are best served mashed). The black variety is the sweetest of them all, and this one is best used as a dessert – in fact, you can place the green ones in a paper bag and waiting until they turn black. Now that you know all about the types, you can easily find the perfect way to prepare them.
One of the simplest, and best, ways to prepare a green plantain is to fry them in a bit of butter with some cinnamon, sugar, and honey (or maple syrup). Since the texture is rather firm, they make the perfect dessert when served with ice cream. If you happen to buy some black ones, these are great when drenched in dark rum (this is truly an authentic island way of cooking these bananas). Really, no matter how you cook them, you will soon find out that it is nearly impossible to make anything taste bad with these tropical bananas.
Throughout the island nations, tourists will find that these small fruits are sold nearly everywhere. This is largely due to the fact that most countries producing these fruits are known as “banana republics,” and as such they produce more bananas than most other areas of the world. Since they are so plentiful, the natives have been using them for many generations now. To find a great recipe for cooking plantains, simply flip through any island cookbook or look on the web.
Sweet, succulent, and sinful, these delights are the perfect way to begin or end any meal. You can serve them at dinner time or at breakfast time, just make sure that your method of cooking matches the type of banana that you select.
Whether you prefer green, black, or yellow, any recipe for cooking plantains will quickly become your favorite. The next time you spot these little fruits, pick some up in order to give them a try – you’ll be glad that you did!