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Igitoke

Name: Igitoke
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Burundi
Ingredients: 4 Plantain; 300g Beef Round; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 2 cloves Garlic; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 500ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Green bananas stewed with tomato and onion — Burundian home cooking.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Igitoke is Kirundi for cooking banana, one of Burundi's staples. Peeled green bananas are stewed with onion and tomato, sometimes with beans or meat. Soft and starchy, it's a filling dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a home beside a hillside banana grove in Burundi, peeled green bananas go into a pot and stew in red tomato broth.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plantain 4
Beef Round 300g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 500ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the plantains and cut into 3cm rounds.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the bite-size beef and sliced onion.
Add the minced garlic and chopped tomato and sauté 5 minutes.
Add water and salt and simmer 30 minutes until the meat is tender.
Add the plantains and simmer 15 minutes until tender.

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