🍌 Plantain with Meat
Cooking plantains with meat — sweet and savoury.
Ndizi = plantain/cooking banana with meat — sweet and savoury Tanzanian dish with recipe and venues.
Best places for Plantain with Meat
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Cha Kwetu — plantain with meat Kukukuku — Dar es Salaam
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Plantain with Meat — Mikahawa ya kazi Dar es Salaam Plantain with meat
Ingredients
- 6 Green plantains
- 700 g Beef
- 2 Onions
- 3 Tomatoes
- 1 thumb Ginger
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 2 cups Beef stock
- to taste Salt
How to cook Plantain with Meat
Ndizi nyama is an eastern Tanzanian homestyle dish combining cooking plantains with beef or goat in one stew. Eaten on workdays and at family gatherings, especially in Kilimanjaro and Tanga regions. Plantains absorb meat flavor and the sauce thickens beautifully.
- Cut meat into pieces, salt; brown in oil.
- Add onions, ginger and garlic; cook until onions soften.
- Add tomatoes, cook to sauce; pour in stock.
- Cover and simmer meat 40 minutes on medium heat.
- Peel plantains, cut into chunks; keep in salted water.
- Gently add plantains to stew, submerged in sauce.
- Cook without heavy stirring 20 minutes until plantains are tender.
- Stir gently once; adjust salt.
- If sauce is thin, simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
- Serve hot as a one-pot meal or with a fresh salad.
Tips
- Use firm green plantains — ripe ones fall apart when cooked.
- Cut plantains in large chunks so they do not dissolve.
- Partially cook meat before adding plantains so timing aligns.
Frequently asked questions
- Jinsi ya kupika plantain with meat?
- Mapishi ya Plantain with Meat yapo hapa chini — hatua 10 za kupika nyumbani, pamoja na viungo na vidokezo.
- Viungo vya plantain with meat ni vipi?
- Orodha kamili ya viungo na vipimo iko kwenye sehemu ya Viungo hapa chini.
- Plantain with Meat in English ni nini?
- Plantain with Meat pia hujulikana kama Cha Kwetu Plantain with Meat — mapishi ya Tanzania kwenye Ladha za Tanzania.
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