Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, pounded ripe plantain (onunu). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Put the yam to boil, when it has cooked right about half way, add the ripe plantains. Finish off the pounding, until the palm oil till properly combines, changing the colour to yellow and you finally have Onunu. Onunu is a special delicacy prepared and eaten by the Kalabari and Ijaw people in Rivers and Bayelsa States in Southern Nigeria.
Pounded ripe plantain (onunu) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Pounded ripe plantain (onunu) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pounded ripe plantain (onunu) using 5 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pounded ripe plantain (onunu):
- Take 7 fingers of ripe plantain
- Make ready dry pepper
- Take salt
- Prepare red oil
- Get water
Onunu is a delicacy from Rivers State. It is yam pounded with boiled plantains and then finished off with Palm oil and fresh pepper if you wish to add Put the yam to boil, when it has cooked right about halfway, add the ripe plantains. Before you pound ensure that both the yams and the plantains. Onunu is a special delicacy prepared and eaten by the Kalabari and Ijaw people in Rivers and Bayelsa States in Southern Nigeria.
Steps to make Pounded ripe plantain (onunu):
- Wash and peel plantain, cut into 2 and put in your pot
- Add water to the level of the plantain
- And place on your gas, allow it to boil for 5minutes
- Add pepper and salt and allow to boil for 15minutes so it can be soft
- Check at intervals and bring it down
- Use your spoon to pick one after the other and put it in a clean mortar
- Then pound till it's smooth and ok
- Then add your red oil and pound again so the oil can mix very well
- After which you scoop it into a flat plate and dress it with the red oil
- It will have the shape of pounded yam, now your pounded ripe plantain is ready
- It goes with stew or sauce.
It's made with Overripe plantain and yam boiled and pound together, mixed with oil. It's traditionally served to mother's who have just given birth, but everyone loves it. Onunu is combination…» Difference between ripe and unripe plantain. Add the plantain and pound smooth. Serve with Native stew or peppersoup.
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