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Popular in many African nations, particularly in Equatorial Guinea, is the dish akwadu. It is made with sliced bananas that have been drizzled with brown sugar, coconut, orange juice, and lemon juice. This recipe is excellent for trying if you’ve never traveled to Equatorial Guinea in order to get a feel for the place. Without ever leaving your house, you can enjoy the local “culture.”
Using this simple method, banana halves are coated with coconut oil, coconut sugar, spices, and lemon juice before being baked till brown and topped with toasted coconut flakes. This recipe for akwadu is simple, fast, and delicious.
Akwadu
Ingredients
- 4 bananas or plantains
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- Juice of 2 lemons
- Cinnamon optional
- Honey
Instructions
Plantain with skin version
- Preheat oven to 400F/200C (convection mode).
- Cut the bananas in half lengthwise without removing their skin.
- Score the flesh of the bananas. Arrange them in a baking dish.
- Pour the butter. Drizzle the orange and lemon juices.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon (optional). Sprinkle generously with brown sugar and coconut.
- Bake for 20 minutes, basting regularly with the banana juice flowing into the baking dish.
- Remove the bananas from the oven. Put a little honey on each.
- Return to oven on grill position and brown the top (about 5 minutes but watch closely).
- Baste with juice again.
Skinless standard bananas version
- Preheat oven to 400F/200C.
- Cut the bananas into thick slices. Arrange them in a baking dish.
- Pour the butter. Drizzle the orange and lemon juices.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon (optional). Sprinkle generously with brown sugar and coconut.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove the bananas from the oven.
- Put a little honey on each.
- Return to oven in grill position and brown the top (about 2 minutes but watch closely).
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