Ofam
A tasty sweet and spicy dish made from overripe plantains.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 700 grams overripe plantains approx 3 large plantains
- 3-5 tablespoons palm oil
- 7 tablespoons plain flour
- 1 large onion
- ½ medium onion sliced
- 2 tablespoons ginger grated or blended
- 3 scotch bonnets
- salt
Instructions
- Heat oven to about 180°C- 200°C.
- Peel plantains and place them in a blender or food processor or a mashing bowl.
- Add onions, ginger, pepper, salt, and blend until smooth but not overly fine.
- Heat palm oil and fry the sliced onions in them until they get dark brown.
- Take fried onions out of the oil and leave the palm oil to cool.
- Mix oil with blended plantains.
- Add flour and mix until no lumps are visible. The texture should not be runny.
- Pour the mixture into a loaf tin (21 x 11 x 7 cm) and bake for about 30-45 minutes or until a toothpick or skewer comes out clean when inserted.
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Notes
- You will need overripe plantains for this recipe. You can tell that they are overripe by the peel colour which will be black.
- You can leave out the scotch bonnets or replace them with other hot peppers or just completely leave them out.
- Once the Ofam is out of the oven, don't be tempted to cut into it immediately. Leave it to cool before slicing.