Boiled green bananas are a popular side dish in Jamaica and many other Caribbean islands where they are used much like potatoes or other root vegetables.
Tag: Bananas
Boiled Green Bananas
Banana Bread
(Caribbean sweet quickbread)
Banana bread is eaten in many countries, of course, but it is especially popular in the Caribbean, particularly in Aruba, Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Po’e
(Tahitian fruit pudding)
Po'e (POH-eh) is a popular fruit pudding found at all traditional Tahitian tamara'a barbeques. Originally the pudding was wrapped in banana leaves and baked in the fire pit.
Pisang Goreng
(Indonesian batter-fried bananas)
These banana fritters are very popular in Indonesia and are excellent served with ice cream and drizzled with honey. You can also serve them in a dish with a little coconut cream.
Alcapurrias
(Puerto Rican stuffed fritters)
These scrumptious fritters are usually made with a batter of taro (yautía) and green bananas (guineos verdes), and are stuffed with either a meat (pino) filling or with crab, shrimp or lobster.