How To Cook Frozen Unripe Plantain

Frozen plantain in a pot of water

 We eat lots of unripe plantain in my family, though I love the fairly ripe ones, can’t eat much cos of the sugar content. To eat plantain in a more nutritious healthy way, we make plantain porridge or boil and eat with beans porridge or egg sauce. Those mature unripe plantains do not last for even a week before they turn ripe and this happens so fast that you either end up cooking plantain daily or look for who to give them to.

Once I tried preserving by freezing and it worked. Since then, no more wastage and I think this is good for diabetic and those who eat lots of plantain. Freezing changes the plantain skin colour but doesn’t affect inside and the taste remains the same.

How to preserve unripe plantain

How To Preserve
Unripe Plantain:

• Peel off the skin, chop to the size or shape you want
• Wrap in cellophane bags
• Keep in the freezer
• Keep frozen until you need them
• If like this plantain here, you preserved with the skin, to remove plantain skin, leave outside or soak in water for a few minutes until a knife can cut through. But, I’ll advise you remove skin before freezing so you don’t have to defrost before cooking. 
• To cook with peels, put in a pot of water and place on the cooker, let it boil, continue to check for softness and peel the skin when plantain is as soft as you’ll like it, after turning off the heat.

This boiled plantain is very nutritious and can be served with vegetable stew, tomato stew, Fresh pepper sauce, beans, or just plain palm oil, onion, fresh pepper.
Enjoy preserving unripe plantain and preventing them from getting ripe!