after making many promises, here’s a primer on ‘how to cook matooke’, one of the most popular dishes here, courtesy of annet, the matooke master.
step 1: get some green matooke bananas and 1 big banana leaf.
step 2: peel (with a knife and oiled hands, they don’t peel easily and have sticky sap) and place in pan with enough water to cover. put lid on and boil until water is gone.
step 3: mash the softened bananas with a wooden spoon into paste over a hot stove.
step 4: place the mashed banana on clean banana leaf. fold into packet.
step 5: ready the pot used to boil bananas with cut banana stem. stack the cut banana leaf stem in the pan. fill pan with water to top of stem sections, then place wrapped mashed banana on this. this is the matooke steamer.
step 6: steam the matooke until the water is dry. the leaves will turn deep green. our matooke is almost ready!
step 7: unfold the leaves, and discover matooke is done! now, place on plate with groundnut sauce (ground peanuts and a little hot water, like thin peanut butter)
the matooke master: annet!
the first bite! yum!
February 16, 2006 at 9:11 am
nice…….
March 20, 2006 at 11:26 am
There is LEah! Our LEah! -Donna back home
July 23, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I think it needs carmelized pecans. How does that sound?
August 18, 2009 at 6:45 am
Great lesson, Annet. It actually works best for friends out of Uganda. You may not need to greese/oil your hands first, after peeling, we have a special leaf of a plant that removes the stick sap (masanda), or even polythene paper (kaveera) with soap, etc. Now, while in Uganda, preparation of matooke can be made a little more fancy. For example, you may not need a wooden spoon, all the smashing can be done while the steamed bananas are still wrapped in the banana leaves, well secured with banana fibres. In all, thanks for marketing this dish