The most wonderful thing I ate was mofongo, a dish made with unripe plantains mashed with crispy pork cracklings and garlic. Since then, I’ve been excited to try every plantain recipe I can get ...

Plantains need to be cooked to make them edible and make a really good starchy addition to a meal –- playing a similar role ...

Spicy plantain curry is a delicious combination of ripe plantains and spices including turmeric, cumin, and coriander. The sweetness of ripe plantains pairs well with the heat from chili peppers. You ...

And did you know a plantain plant can produce the starchy fruit for up to 100 years. You can eat it at different stages of ripeness: when it’s green (almost ripe,) when it is yellow (ripe,) or ...

Plantains are cooked green, semi-ripe or fully-ripe. Treat them like a starchy vegetable and use in savoury or sweet dishes. Before cooking, peel by top and tailing the fruit, then cut along the ...