Easily The BEST Jamaican Plantain and Banana Porridge
Start your day with a hearty warm comforting bowl of this amazing Jamaican Style Plantain and Banana Porridge. In the Caribbean household porridge is the first choice for a quick yet tasty breakfast. There are various delicious types of porridge like this one and check out our Cream of Wheat Porridge. This one is for all of you porridge lovers out there! Made with ripe plantain, green banana, and oats this gluten-free porridge is a definite banger!
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What Is The Health Benefit of Plantain And Banana Porridge?
Plantains are a rich source of carbohydrates, minerals, and easily digestible vitamins it’s a staple in the Caribbean and around the world.
Green bananas contain essential minerals and nutrients that convert fat into energy, which helps increase body metabolism. They also contain nutrients like vitamin B6 which helps increase enzyme breakdown and thus boosts your metabolism.
Oats: So you can see the amazing benefits that this porridge gives there are oats in it also and oats are high in antioxidants. Oats contain large amounts of beta-glucan, a type of soluble fiber. It may help lower blood sugar levels. it’s also filling which may help you eat fewer calories and lose weight.
Ingredients You Need To Make This Porridge?
Ripe Plantain: The darker the plantain the sweeter your porridge will be.
Green Banana: Pairs well with sweet plantain and oats.
Oats: You can use any kind of oats since we are blending them (we used old fashion oats)
Cinnamon: We used ground cinnamon but cinnamon stick or cinnamon leaf works perfectly fine.
Nutmeg: You can grate it or use the ground nutmeg ( You don’t need much of this because it’s a strong spice but has amazing flavor )
Condensed Milk: This we used to sweeten the porridge and make it creamy. I’m sure there are alternative condensed sweeteners for vegans. Use your favorite brand.
Sugar: Optional, you can use the sugar the condensed milk, or both (your preference)
Vanilla: What’s porridge without vanilla it’s essential!
Salt: Another essential! The salt enhances the sweetness and taste of the porridge, it just adds depth.
How To Make Plantain Porridge
Porridge is a very easy and simple dish to make yet very very tasty. Super filling and healthy breakfast choice. No need to munch before lunch this porridge will keep you full until lunch.
Step 1
Peel the plantain and banana cut them up and add them to the blender along with oats and water. Blend until silky smooth.
Step 2
Pour the liquid into a pot on medium to low heat be sure to keep stirring this ensures the porridge will be smooth, not lumpy, and prevents it from burning.
Step 3
Add all your spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, etc ) and sweeten to taste with condensed milk and or sugar. Cook for a few minutes then stir it and that’s it, cool and you are ready to serve.
What Do You Serve It With?
In Jamaica and throughout the Caribbean Islands we tend to eat our porridge with crackers, some crush their crackers in the porridge or some add it whole.
The next way is to break up hard dough white bread in it. I like to add butter to my bread then break it into pieces and add it to my porridge. My husband and son prefer to crush crackers in theirs.
Have it with a side of toast, and a side of fruit. Some people even have porridge with an Egg sandwich on the side.
How To Peel Ripe Plantains And Green Bananas?
Green bananas are a lot firmer than regular bananas which makes them harder to peel. The best way to peel green bananas is to cut the ends, make slits in the skin then peel as would a regular banana.
Ripe plantains unlike green plantains and green bananas are a lot easier to peel just cut the ends then slice down the back and peel.
Can You Eat Ripe Plantains Raw?
Sweet like bananas without the banana flavor and It can be eaten raw but its flavors are enhanced when boiled or fried.
Can You Eat Green Banana Raw?
Unlike ripe bananas, green bananas are a lot starcher and tougher it’s not recommended to eat them raw. So, Green bananas are best boiled or fried.
How to store Porridge?
Cool and divide into portions, storing each portion in a small airtight container. The porridge can be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days or can be frozen for up to 3 months. Then reheat the porridge in a microwave until piping hot and stir well before eating, again adding extra liquid if necessary.
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More Porridge Recipes
Jamaican Peanut Porridge Recipe
Cream of Wheat Porridge Recipe
Jamaican Plantain and Banana Porridge
Ingredients
- 1 Ripe Plantain
- 1 Green Banana to taste
- 1/4 cup of Sugar optional
- 3 cup of water
- 1/4 tsp of Cinnamon Powder
- 1/4 tsp of Nutmeg
- 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup of Condensed Milk or Vegan Milk
- 1 pinch of Salt
Instructions
- Cut the ends off the plantain and green banana then cut each one length ways with a knife (not too deep).
- * Peel the skin from the plantain and green banana throw that away.
- * Slice plantain and Banana then place in a blender with water and oats then puree.
- * Pour the mixture into a medium sized saucepan in medium/low heat .
- * Stir for roughly 10 minutes until the porridge is cooked through, do not leave or stop stirring because the porridge will quickly turn lumpy or worst burn!
- * Add your spices along with the vanilla and sweetener – condensed milk according to your preference .
- * Cool, Serve and enjoy!!
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