Green plantain curry

1 tbsp oil

2 tbsp onion

1 tbsp curry leaves

1" rampe or pandan leaf *

1/2" cinnamon stick

1 to 2 cardamom

1 tsp garlic

1/2 tsp ginger grated

2 tbsp tomato

1 to 1 1/2 cups plantain or cooking banana cut into slices

1/2 tsp chillie powder

1/4 tsp turmeric

3/4 tsp cumin seeds crushed

1/2 tsp fennel seeds crushed

1/2 tsp salt

Heat oil, sauté the chopped onions with curry leaves and pandan leaf. Then add ginger, garlic, spices and the plantain. Mix it without breaking the plantain. Add the tomatoes and cook in low heat covered until the plantain is cooked. Remove from heat and serve as a side dish with rice.

This goes to veggie/fruit a month plantain event.

* Pandan leaf is rampe. It is sold fresh, dried and packaged or frozen. If you can't find omit the pandan leaf for this curry.

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