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Lituma

Name: Lituma
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: DR Congo
Ingredients: 4 Green banana; 40g (unsalted) Peanuts; 1/4 Onion; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Boiled cooking bananas mashed, shaped, and grilled — a Congolese side.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Lituma is a traditional Congolese dish: cooking bananas (plantains) are boiled, mashed, mixed with peanuts or onion, shaped, and grilled or steamed. Soft and starchy, it's served alongside stews and is one of the key staples alongside cassava.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Congolese village home, boiled cooking bananas are mashed in a mortar and the yellow patties, shaped and grilled, are laid on a plate.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Green banana 4
Peanuts 40g (unsalted)
Onion 1/4
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the bananas and boil in salted water for 20 minutes.
Mash smooth with a pestle while hot.
Mix in the toasted, crushed peanuts and chopped onion.
Shape into flat rounds.
Heat oil in a frying pan and cook until golden on both sides.

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