Green bananas cooked down into a thick, savory sauce with onions, tomatoes, and spices, served over rice or ugali as a hearty topping.
Instructions
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Heat oil and sauté onions for five minutes until translucent and beginning to brown.
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Add tomatoes and cumin, cook for four minutes until tomatoes collapse into a paste.
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Add sliced green bananas and water, bring to a boil, then lower heat.
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Simmer covered for thirty minutes, stirring occasionally, until bananas dissolve into a thick, smooth sauce.
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Season with salt, adjust consistency with water if needed. Serve over rice or ugali.
Did You Know?
Rwandan cooks can identify over twenty varieties of banana by taste and know exactly which ones make the best igitoki.
The Story Behind Igitoki
Igitoki showcases the Rwandan mastery of banana cookery, transforming the fruit into a savory sauce that bears no resemblance to its sweet raw form. This dish exemplifies the Central African approach to cooking bananas as a vegetable rather than a fruit. The slow-cooking technique breaks down the starches into a naturally thick sauce, eliminating the need for added thickeners. It remains a daily fixture in households across Rwanda's banana-growing regions.
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