Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, matoke(plantain) served with meatballs and creamed spinach. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Drain and immediately place tomatoes in ice water. Add the meatballs and continue to cook over medium heat until the meat balls are cooked through. Matooke is a nation-wide favorite dish in Uganda.

Matoke(Plantain) Served With Meatballs and Creamed Spinach is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Matoke(Plantain) Served With Meatballs and Creamed Spinach is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have matoke(plantain) served with meatballs and creamed spinach using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Matoke(Plantain) Served With Meatballs and Creamed Spinach:

1. Prepare 6-10 plantains or as much as you may need
2. Take 2 ripe tomatoes
3. Take 1 large onion
4. Make ready 2-3 tsp tomato paste
5. Make ready Ginger and garlic minced
6. Get Green bell pepper
7. Make ready Vegetable oil
8. Get Salt and preferred spices
9. Take Served with creamed spinach and some leftover meatballs

Pick your favorite frozen meatballs–beef, chicken or veggie–for this healthy dinner recipe. Sprinkle frozen spinach on top of meatballs. Whisk beefstock, sourcream, dill, cumin, lemon juice, salt and cornstarch together in seperate bowl. When you're happy with the sauce, pop in the meatballs and stir gently, making sure each one is covered by the sauce.

Instructions to make Matoke(Plantain) Served With Meatballs and Creamed Spinach:

1. Boil your plantains without peeling them. It will prevent them from turning black as you peel. It also shortens the cooking time. It takes about 10 minutes
2. Once ready, run some cold water over them and remove the skin.
3. Time to make the sauce. Blend your tomatoes, garlic, and ginger. Saute your onions, add in the blended tomatoes, tomato paste and green bell peppers. Add in your spices and let them simmer for a while before adding in your boiled plantains.
4. Let them cook for a few minutes before turning off the flame.
5. Meatballs in coconut sauce - - Get your meat balls ready. I had about 5 left over. Saute your onions, tomatoes,tomato paste, garlic, ginger, and any other preferred spices. Add some coconut milk and throw in the meatballs. Let them cook till ready.
6. For the creamed spinach - - Saute your onions, and garlic till translucent. Pour in a little cream (I used coconut cream) before adding the spinach. Let them cook for a few minutes.
7. Serve and enjoy. Adjust salt and spices to suit your taste.

Stir in the spinach, if using. Serve with spaghetti or rice and lots of grated Parmesan cheese. I do remember that I had purchased some palak spinach but hadn't paid much attention when I did it. So many of the leaves were in bad shape and rotting, there was too little left to actually use the spinach as a vegetable side. I decided to cook it in a bit of garlic and mix it with the meatballs.

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