Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, plantain porridge (ukang ukom). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Plantain porridge (ukang ukom) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Plantain porridge (ukang ukom) is something which I have loved my whole life.
A simple dish made with Unripe plantain and most times cow head/ foot. It is a delicacy affiliated with the South West people of Nigeria and actually called Ukang Ukom by the Calabar's or Ubobok Ukom by people from Akwa Ibom. You have nothing to worry, this dish does not need much ingredients to.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook plantain porridge (ukang ukom) using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Plantain porridge (ukang ukom):
- Get 10 fingers of unripe plantain
- Prepare Dry fish
- Prepare Any protein of choice (cowleg, beef, goatmeat etc)
- Get leaves Scent
- Prepare Pepper
- Make ready Salt
- Make ready cubes Seasoning
- Take Crayfish
- Prepare Vegetable/palm oil
Plantains provide that extra sweetness to the dish which I am now addicted to I'm afraid. If I am going to prepare Yam porridge without plantains, I add sugar for extra. Plantain porridge is another delicious healthy meal that can be prepared with plantain. It is filling, nutritious, and good for every one, even for those who suffer with diabetes.
Instructions to make Plantain porridge (ukang ukom):
- Steam your meat and set aside
- Peal the unripe plantain. Wash and cut into sizeable chunks into a pot
- Add Seasoning cubes and salt to taste.
- Add some water, just enough to cover the plantain. Cover the pot and put on fire
- Allow it to cook for about 20 minutes, keep checking to see if the plantain is soft (do not stir).
- Once plantain is soft, add dry fish, meat, crayfish and pepper then stir. Cover and allow it to cook again
- Keep stirring until paste thickens
- Add either vegetable or palm oil and stir again
- Cover for about 5 minutes for the oil to mix well and then add the already cut scent leaves. Stir well and bring it down.
- Your plantain porridge is ready. Serve and annoy with any drink of your choice.
This is plantain cooked in stewed vegetable. So the word porridge may be somewhat misleading as it is actually stewed plantain. Nigerian Plantain Porridge is a rich meal that all plantain lovers will surely enjoy. It can be prepared with either ripe or unripe plantains or a combination of both. There are a lot of delicious beans recipes and plantain recipes out there.
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