Saturday 14 May 2011

Saturday's Dinner: Boiled Plantain and Cooked Spinach (Efo)



Ingredients

- 1 plantain
- 1 red bell pepper
- 4 tomatoes
- Half an onion
- 1 small bundle of spinach
- smoked mackerel (fresh fish would be better)

Plantain
- cut into three small pieces (with the skin still on) and boil for 20 minutes.

Spinach
- chop the tomatoes and onions and cook in a pot for 10 minutes. Season as desired (I used one maggi cube)
- dice the pepper into smal pieces and add to the pot for a 5 minutes
- chop the spinach and add to the pot
- add the mackerel
- allow to simmer for an additional 5-10 minutes.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

This looks yummy!! I'll definitely try it out sometime (but with roast plantain as I'm not a big fan of boiled)

Adura O. said...

Yes please try it out and let me know how it turns out :)

I love roast plantain but I was so hungry and that would have taken ages to cook.

Anonymous said...

if you want to simulate roast plantain quicker pop (cut off ends but leave in the skin) it in the microwave for 3-5mins depending on the heat level...