Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, matoke(plantain) served with meatballs and creamed spinach. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have matoke(plantain) served with meatballs and creamed spinach using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

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

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. Quick and easy to make, this baked pasta is weeknight indulgence at its best.

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.

Flavorful juicy meatballs are nestled in a bed of gooey, cheesy pasta with fresh spinach and dollops of fresh ricotta cheese. I can't stop thinking about them, especially the way they studded this baked pasta dish with that creamy ricotta cheese. Plaintains and green bananas are a staple part of the diet in Uganda and much of East Africa. Matoke is also the name given to a delicious, rib-sticking plantain stew that is a Ugandan national dish. Versions of matoke, also known as matooke, are served in Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

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