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Matoke

Name: Matoke
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Uganda
Ingredients: 6 Green banana; 300g Beef; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Curry Powder; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 400ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Green bananas steamed and mashed, eaten with peanut sauce or meat stew — Uganda's staple.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Matoke is the green cooking banana that is Uganda's staple, or the dish made from it. Uganda is one of the world's biggest banana consumers, and for the Baganda of central Uganda especially, matoke means the meal itself. It's wrapped in banana leaves, steamed, mashed, and eaten with peanut sauce or beef stew.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a farming village in central Uganda, women lift big banana-leaf bundles from the steamer and pile mashed yellow banana onto plates.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Green banana 6
Beef 300g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Curry Powder 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 400ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the bananas and keep in water to stop them browning.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the onion, garlic, tomato, and curry powder.
Add the bite-size beef and stir-fry, then add water and salt and simmer 30 minutes.
Add the bananas, cover, and simmer 20 minutes until tender.
Lightly mash the bananas and serve with the broth and meat.

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