PLANTAIN FRITTATA
When we talk about balanced diet, heavy protein and deliciousness, guess what comes to the mind; Plantain frittata. Plantain is a pizza like food with egg base and plantain topping. Generally speaking, we have different frittata; noodle, potatoes, hot dogs e.t.c. They major thing that makes them almost the same is the egg base. Okay, Lets make plantain frittata.
PREP TIME: 20 mins. COOKTIME: 30 mins SERVE: 4 people.
INGREDIENTS
6 large sized fresh raw eggs
Two ripe plantains.
3 ripe tomatoes.
6 fresh peppers.
1 cup of sunflower or soybean oil
1 medium sized onion.
4 small carrots (diced).
1 green pepper (diced)
1 seasoning cube.
ginger and garlic powder (optional)
salt to taste.
PREPARATION.
1. Dice the onions, pepper, tomatoes and peppers separately and set aside.
2. Slice the plantain into round shapes. not too thick and not too thin either. fry the plantain till golden brown and remove from heat.
3. Use a kitchen towel or serviette to dry up excess oil from the fried plantain.
COOKING
* Slice the plantain into round shapes. not too thick and not too thin either. fry the plantain till golden brown and remove from heat.
* Adequately reduce the oil into container and stir fry the vegetable with as little oil as possible. Stir for three minutes and pour into a plate to cool.
* Break the eggs into a plate and beat thoroughly with a whisk or a fork (don't mind me, you can use your spoon jejely).
* As soon as your stir fried vegetables gets cool, pour into the eggs and stir sparely.
* Pour in four tablespoons of oil into a non stick skillet (preferably) or pan and let it heat up. Add this, pour in the egg mixture. Let it fry on low heat until you notice bubbles and hole on the top (DO NOT STIR).
* Carefully place the fried plantain on top of the fried eggs, pressing it down to hold it ground. after this, close the pan with a lid and let it fry for another four 3 to 5 minutes on low heat.
* After 5 minutes, you will notice the stiffness in frittata. If it is stiff to the top, your frittata is ready. if it still not stiff, let it cook until its stiff.
* You can also try turning the frittata if you like it hard and stiff and not fluffy.
* Place a flat plate that is quite bigger than the pan on it and turn the frittata into the plate.
* Slice into triangular shape and serve with tea or any fruit juice of your choice.
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ReplyDeleteI appreciated such a delicious frittata recipe. I wonder here that you are preparing it without any oven, really it is amazing. The last time I prepared it by using Rational Electric Combi Oven & it was also a great experience. I would like to try your recipe now & will give you wonderful feedback.
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