What are Plantains??

Question

What are Plantains??

Answer 1

Plantains are a variety of cooking banana.  You do not eat them as raw, but can steam, fry, or cook in water.  They are a substantial part in most menus of tropical countries.  They are usually of a reddish color, but can be an off-green, and they grow on the regime in the opposite direction than the common banana.

Answer 2

bananas

Answer 3

They are bananas, starchy bananas. When unripe you can boil, steam or fry them. When ripe, you still need to cook them, they are sweet and you just fry them up in a bit of butter.

Good stuff. They are ofetn used as a side in many Latin American dishes.

Answer 4

its an energy given food its very good for the body if u re in Nigeria it can be prepared in different way such as boiling,  frying, grilling and  roasting it very good when its ripe

Answer 5

A common weed much like a dandelion.

Answer 6

they are a banana like food that is better suited to cooking than eating.  Mainly they are sliced and baked or pan fried.

The have some flavor like a banana but they are not as soft and sweet.

Answer 7

Plantains are from the banana family but are much firmer than regular bananas. You can bake, boil, fry them and they taste amazing! The longer you let it sit and ripen, the sweeter it is.

I love making long slices and frying them and adding a pinch of salt (maybe). So delicious.

Or you can bake them in the oven in the peel until soft.

Here are some recipes:

Answer 8

A type of banana which contains more starch and needs to ripen longer before use. Peel, slice in 1/2 and fry them until golden brown toasted appearance. Immediately smash them flat with a spatula then slide off easily with a butter knife. Lay flat and  drain on paper towel, add shredded spicy pork and fresh Frizee lettuce, avocado, sliced onions, and sliced tomatoes. Drizzle with a sweet salsa (Mango, Peach, etc). YUM!

Answer 9

They are bananas, (kind of sweet )  that are green in color. They are excellent baked & fried.  My daughter-in-law is from South Amercia & they are on the menu daily in her country.

Answer 10

Other name for Banana

Answer 11

the most versatile side dish in the tropics!