World Flavors Cookbook

Machuca (Mashed Plantains)

Name: Machuca (Mashed Plantains)
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Honduras
Ingredients: 2 green plantains; 2 ripe plantains; Coconut milk (optional); Salt

A Garifuna staple of green and ripe plantains boiled and mashed together.

Cuisine: Honduras

Ingredients

2 green plantains
2 ripe plantains
Coconut milk (optional)
Salt

Instructions

1. Peel and boil both types of plantains until soft. 2. Drain and mash them together in a wooden mortar (mortero) until they reach a dough-like consistency. 3. Can be shaped into balls and served in soup.