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Agatogo

Name: Agatogo
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Rwanda
Ingredients: 4 Green banana; 300g Beef; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1/2 bunch Spinach; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 Beef Bouillon; 1 tsp Salt; 600ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Green bananas stewed with meat, vegetables, and tomato — a Rwandan home one-pot dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Agatogo is Rwandan home cooking: green cooking bananas are stewed with beef or goat, onion, tomato, spinach, and more. The bananas turn starchy and fluffy like potatoes, making it a filling one-pot meal. Bananas are treasured as a staple in Rwanda.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a hillside village home in Rwanda, the lid comes off a pot of green banana and meat stew, revealing yellow bananas in the steam.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Green banana 4
Beef 300g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Spinach 1/2 bunch
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Beef Bouillon 1
Salt 1 tsp
Water 600ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into bite-size pieces, brown in oil, and sauté the onion.
Add the chopped tomatoes, bouillon, and water and simmer 30 minutes.
Add the peeled bananas cut large and simmer 15 minutes.
Add the spinach and simmer 3 minutes.
Season with salt.

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