Green Plantain Pancakes

Green Plantain Pancakes

Ingredients
banana, plantain: 4
cabbage: 1
tomatoes: 1/2 53
pork: 1/2 53
chillies: 1
egg, chicken: 3
pepper:
salt, table:
pork, sausage: 1/2 53
oil, cooking/salad: 3 27

Dish Type: Main Dish

Cooking Time (minutes): quick (30 minutes or less)
Steps
1. Cook the plantains until tender.
2. Grind or pound the cooked plantains with the crispy pork pieces to make a smooth paste.
3. Prepare some fresh tomato sauce, with salt and pepper to taste, and blend it with the plantain paste.
4. Chop finely the cabbage, chili, sausages and hard-boiled eggs and mix all together with a little oil.
5. Divide the plantain paste into ten pieces and flatten them to form pancakes (tortillas).
6. Spread each tortilla with a little butter, or oil, and fill centre with the chopped mixture, as prepared.
7. Fold over and wrap each tortilla in a plantain leaf.
8. Tie firmly, place in a cooking pot with a little water and steam or boil for 15 minutes.


Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1990), Roots, tubers, plantains and bananas in human nutrition, ISBN 92-5-102862, Rome

Serving
5