Matoke (Steamed Plantain with Chicken)

Ingredients

• •6 green plantains
• •3 pounds chicken, cut into pieces
• •3 tablespoons ghee or margarine
• •1 cup flour
• •1 medium onion, sliced
• •1 teaspoon curry powder
• •2 medium tomatoes, sliced
• •1 cup stock
• •A little milk and margarine
• •Salt and pepper

Directions

1. 1Melt ghee or margarine in a pan. Roll chicken pieces in the flour and cook them until golden brown. Remove them from the pan and set to one side.
2. 2Soften the onion slices in the pan for 5 minutes; then add the curry powder, followed by the tomatoes. Cook for a few minutes and then put the chicken pieces back in the pan.
3. 3Add the stock, salt, pepper to taste; simmer covered for about 30 minutes until the chicken is tender. In a saucepan, cook the plantains in their skins in boiling water for 20 to 25 minutes until soft. Remove from the pan and cool.
4. 4When you can handle them, peel off the skins and mash the plantains in a bowl, adding a little milk and margarine, and salt and pepper. Put the plantain mash into a serving bowl. Place the chicken over it.
5. 5You can serve it with spinach.