🇧🇮 Burundian Cuisine

Igitoki

Mashed Green Bananas

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 235 kcal

Green bananas boiled until tender then mashed with a touch of butter and salt into a smooth, starchy side dish that pairs perfectly with bean stews and grilled meats.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Cut the tips off the green bananas and make a shallow slit along the length of each to ease peeling after cooking.
  2. 2 Boil bananas in their skins in salted water for twenty minutes until a knife pierces them easily.
  3. 3 Peel the cooked bananas while still warm, discarding the skins.
  4. 4 Mash the bananas with a potato masher or heavy fork, adding butter and hot water gradually for smooth consistency.
  5. 5 Continue mashing until the mixture is smooth and free of large lumps, with a texture similar to mashed potatoes.
  6. 6 Season with salt and serve warm as a starchy accompaniment to stews, grilled meats, or vegetable dishes.

Did You Know?

Burundi is one of the world's highest per-capita banana consumers, and green bananas are treated as a vegetable rather than a fruit.