Plantain and Root Vegetables Archives - Meals by Mavis

Savory Cassava Fritters

Meals by Mavis — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:55:40 +0000

Cassava is a staple food in Ghana, so I grew up eating a lot of it. However, I never had it fried until more recently. Fried cassava is delicious. Clearly, I’ve been missing out. Anyways, I love making these savory cassava fritters. They smell and taste divine. For those who […]

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Yam Eto (Mashed Ghanaian Yams)

Meals by Mavis — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 18:19:05 +0000

Happy new year! I thought I’d start of the new year with a recipe for one of my favourite Ghanaian foods, yam eto (short for etor and also referred to as otor/oto). Eto is a traditional Ghanaian dish which consists of mashed yams or sweet plantains. The dish originates from […]

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Tostones (Twice-Fried Plantain Chips)

Meals by Mavis — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:00:32 +0000

Who doesn’t love plantain chips? Tostones require a little more effort to make than regular ol’ plantain chips, but they’re definitely worth it. For the uninitiated, tostones are twice-fried plantain chips that are a staple food in Latin American countries like Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. They are […]

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Baked Ghanaian Yams with Caramelized Onions

Meals by Mavis — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 04:57:59 +0000

I had a bit of Ghanaian yams left so I came up with this baked yams with caramelized onions recipe to use up the yams. It turned out so well that I had to share. I made this as a side dish for pan-fried salmon but it’ll probably go really […]

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BBQ-Flavoured Baked Plantain Chips

Meals by Mavis — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:48:24 +0000

Plantain chips are a popular snack in Ghana and other African countries. I also see more food stores in Canada (at least in Ontario) selling plantain chips, which I think is great. However, I still like to make my own plantain chips so I can make them baked instead of […]

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Brown Butter and Cardamom Plantain Bread

Meals by Mavis — Tue, 28 May 2019 11:06:04 +0000

This recipe was inspired by Christopher Kimball’s Brown Butter-Cardamom Banana Bread. I saw this recipe in Kimball’s Milk Street magazine about a year ago and was meaning to try the recipe as is, but never got around to it. Recently, I had some over-ripe plantains lying around so I thought […]

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Leek and Potato Soup

Meals by Mavis — Sat, 11 May 2019 12:47:02 +0000

Leek and potato soup is one of my go-to quick and easy, one-pot meals; this dish has pretty much gotten me through graduate school. On weeks that I’m really busy and don’t have a lot of time to cook, I make a big batch of it, freeze it in portions […]

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Yele Kakro (Ghanaian Yam Balls)

Meals by Mavis — Sat, 04 May 2019 14:41:30 +0000

I was talking to my mother not so long ago and she said that she had some Ghanaian yams (also called white yams) that she was saving for me. I of course rushed over to her house because I’d literally been searching African grocery stores looking for these yams and […]

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Tatale (Ghanaian Savory Plantain Pancakes)

Meals by Mavis — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:48:21 +0000

I have yet to have a plantain dish that I didn’t love and tatale is definitely one of my favourite plantain dishes. Tatale is a Ghanaian dish that is typically made with over-ripe plantains. However, I decided to tweak this dish a bit by using firm, just ripened plantains. “Why?”, […]

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