Jamaican Plantain Porridge

Ingredients

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 ½ cup or 592g

• Plantains

  Raw

  1 medium or 179g

• Coconut milk

  Nuts, canned (liquid expressed from grated meat and water)

  1 cup or 226g

• Margarine

  Regular, hard, soybean (hydrogenated)

  1 tsp or 5g

• Brown sugar

  3 tbsp or 27g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Vanilla extract

  1 tbsp or 13g

• Nutmeg

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Cinnamon

  Spices, ground

  ½ tsp or 1g

Directions

1. Blend the water and green plantain until smooth.
2. Bring additional water to a boil in a pot.
3. Add the plantain mixture to the pot, boil for 5 minutes while stirring vigorously, then reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
4. Stir in coconut milk, margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla. Boil for 2 more minutes and serve hot.