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Dominican Green Fig Salad

Name: Dominican Green Fig Salad
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Dominica
Ingredients: 4 Plantain; 1/4 Onion; 1/2 Green Bell Pepper; 1/2 Carrot; 4 tbsp Mayonnaise; 1 tbsp Lime juice; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Boiled green bananas dressed with vegetables and mayonnaise — Dominica's take on potato salad.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In Dominica and across the Caribbean, green cooking bananas are called 'green figs.' A familiar ingredient in Dominica, once a big banana exporter, they're boiled, sliced, and dressed with onion, green pepper, carrot, and mayonnaise in a salad that's a Sunday table staple.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On the Sunday table in Dominica, a white bowl of green banana salad sits beside chicken stew and rice and peas.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plantain 4
Onion 1/4
Green Bell Pepper 1/2
Carrot 1/2
Mayonnaise 4 tbsp
Lime juice 1 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Trim the ends of the plantains and boil in salted water with the skins on for 20 minutes.
Peel, cool, and slice into 1cm rounds.
Finely chop the onion and green pepper and grate the carrot.
Mix the mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, and pepper.
Toss everything together and chill in the fridge.

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