You can find green plantains that are firm and starchy, like a potato, or yellow ones that are starchy and soft, more akin to a banana. Deeply ripe plantains can be quite soft and sweet.

Plantains are a starchy tropical fruit that look like bananas but are bigger. They're green when unripe but turn yellow, then dark, as they ripen. They're a mainstay in African, Caribbean ...

While bananas and plantains have their differences, one thing remains the same: as they ripen they both turn from green to yellow (and eventually brown and black) and become sweeter. You may ...

Plantains are more than just the cousin of the banana you fry and serve with eggs on a Saturday morning. Across West Africa, ...

They look like overgrown bananas, but unlike their botanical cousins, plantains are eaten cooked and often before they’re fully ripe. Green plantains have practically no sweetness. As they ripen ...

I have introduced them to various ways in which to cook green plantains, since they were primarily aware of, and familiar, with only ripe plantains. Their heartfelt thanks for the introduction to ...

Two popular Latin American dishes are tostones or patacones (fried green plantains) and maduros or tajadas (fried ripe plantains). But healthy plantains become less healthy when they’re fried or ...