Recipe: Tasty Alloco( Fried Plantains)

Alloco( Fried Plantains). Plantain, believed to have originated in southeast Asia refers to the cooking banana, cultivars of the banana plant, which produces an edible fruit that is full of starch and rarely eaten raw. Wash your ripe plantain and cut the edges. Cut the plantains in half like in the pictures.

Sure, every cuisine has popular recipes… the ones whose appeal to the local people separates them from the rest. Learn how to fry sweet plantains. A very popular appetizer in west and central Africa. You can cook Alloco( Fried Plantains) using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Alloco( Fried Plantains)

1. You need 2 of Plantains.
2. Prepare of tomato sauce.
3. Prepare 4 large of Tomatoes.
4. You need 3 clove of Garlic.
5. You need 1/2 large of Onion.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of Parsley.
7. Prepare 1/4 large of Green pepper.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Black pepper.
9. It's of Salt.

Alloco or Fried Plantains with Tomato Sauce is usually eaten as a side dish with fish. Alloco is a popular dish throughout Africa but goes by many names depending on the region. Learn to prepare Alloco or Fried plantains. Fry plantains until golden or reddish-brown.

Alloco( Fried Plantains) step by step

1. Wash your ripe plantain and cut the edges.
2. Cut the plantains in half like in the pictures.
3. With your knife, cut the plantain in small pieces. Minced a small piece of onion (You do not have to add the onion, it's optional. I just like to add it because I think it tastes better with the onion) and add a pinch of salt.
4. Put you pan on HI on the stove and pour two cups of vegetables oil in the pan and wait 2-3 minutes for the oil to heat up..
5. While waiting for the oil to heat. mix the tomatoes, the onion, the green pepper and the garlic in a mixer. Pour the mixture in a pot. Add the black pepper, salt and parsley. Put the pot on the stove on HI. Wait until all the water evaporate from the mixture and add 1 tablespoons of vegetables oil. wait 3 minutes to remove it from the stove.
6. Add the plantain in the oil and wait for about 10-15 minutes until the plantain get that golden color.
7. Remove the plantain for the oil and put them in a sieve and wait for about 3-5 minutes for the oil to flow and also allow the plantains to cool down a little bit..
8. Serve with you tomato sauce. You can serve the dish with boiled eggs, fried fish, fried chicken or baked chicken. Voila! It's ready.

Remove them from the oil and set aside on paper to absorb oil. Alloco is a Ivorian snack made from fried plantain. It is often served with chilli pepper and onions. It is predominantly popular in the Ivory Coast and the surrounding African nations. A sumptuous dish of fried plantains and spicy sauce, alloco is a favorite all over the Ivory Coast, especially at the Allocodrome!