Plantain Stew · Riverine Cooking
Maraq Moos Bukiini
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While most Somalis eat their banana raw as a side dish, cooks in the plantain-growing south turn the same fruit into a savory stew instead.
Maraq moos bukiini stews green plantains in a savory, spiced broth until they soften into a starchy, filling dish — an alternative to the more common practice of eating bananas raw alongside a meal.
Why it's made this way: Southern Somalia's Jubba valley grows enough bananas and plantains that southern kitchens developed cooked plantain dishes that the rest of the country, which mostly eats bananas raw, rarely bothers with.
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