rv-tasty// Plantain Porridge with Dried Fish

Hello beautiful family of Reflections on Life. I hope you're all doing great. I'm here for an exciting and interesting contest about special recipe powered by @tahispadron in this community. I must say, it is fun and entertaining contributing to this great page.

My tasty recipe today is called Plantain porridge and I must say, it's really an interesting dish to have at anytime if the day. It's not a heavy meal depending on your served quantity. And plantain is high in vitamins, fiber and mineral which is good for health.

Ingredients

The ingredients used for this dish are;

• Unripe Plantain
• Pepper & onions
• Crayfish
• Dried fish
• Periwinkle
• Scent leaf
• Maggi & salt
• Palm oil

Steps-by-steps Preparation

• First wash and unpeel the plantain, them dice into small cubes.
• Soak the fish in hot water to remove dirt and the smoke with dust to make it clean.
• Pound the crayfish with pepper.
• Cut and wash the periwinkle and onions.
• Wash and cut the scent leaf and set all aside.

Cooking steps

• Pour in the plantain into the pot and add water, allow it to boil for some minutes thereby allowing the plantain get soft.

• Then add the periwinkle and onions to the boiling pot and stir .

• Go ahead to add the crayfish and pepper and allow it to boil

• Then I add the palm oil and stir it and allow it boil for condiments to go round.

• When it's to my texture, I added the scent leaf and allowed it boil.

• The final process looks like this and it's ready for dishing.

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Health Benefits of Plantain

Here are few benefits of plantain;

• Plantain is good for managing blood sugar level.
• Helps lower cholesterol and supports good health of the heart.
• The vitamin A helps with good eye health.
• Supports immune function.
• Plantain aids good digestive health.

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