Recipe For Roasted Plantain and Boli Sauce - Easy Steps
Boli (roasted plantain) is a popular food among Nigerians. This is a simple recipe that shows you how to make boli in your very own kitchen.
Equipment
- 1 Oven (Griller) For Grilling plantain
Ingredients
- 3 half-ripe plantain
- 3 ehu calabash nutmeg
- 3 medium-sized tomatoes
- 3 medium sized onions
- 200 ml palm oil
- Half a seasoning cube
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Combine the two onions, peppers and tomatoes. Grind or blend to paste then set aside. In a cooking pot, add 200ml palm oil, add the ground peppers/onion and sauté for the next 15-25 minutes.
- Let it boil while you stir every 1 minute, you don’t want it burned. Slice the remaining onions and add it. Stir, let it fry for another 3 minutes
- Add half a seasoning cube, ground or pounded ehu, salt to taste, let it simmer on medium heat while you stir periodically for another 5 minutes. You are done with the boli sauce.
- To roast the plantain, simply remove the back, soak in salt water for a minute or two and roast using an electric grill. I marinated the fish in the boli sauce, added salt and a bouillon cube. Then roasted same way as the plantain.
Notes
There are several other plantain recipes you could try. Boli is just so loved among the locales because it is easy to make and of course, it tastes really nice.