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 Makemba

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Makemba

Side Dish
⏱ 20 min
👥 Serves 4
Difficulty ⭐

Ripe plantain sliced and fried — a sweet, toasty side from the Republic of the Congo.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Makemba is Lingala for plantain (cooking banana). Ripe plantains with blackened skins, sliced into rounds or on the diagonal and fried, make a sweet, toasty side. They're served with fish or chicken stews or sold by the roadside as a snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Brazzaville roadside, plantains fry in a big pot of oil and the golden rounds are wrapped in paper.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Trim both ends of the plantains, slit the skins, and peel.

  2. Slice diagonally 1.5cm thick.

  3. Fry in 170°C oil for 3–4 minutes until golden on both sides.

  4. Drain and sprinkle with a little salt.

  5. Serve with fish or chicken dishes.

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