look like very large bananas. They should always be eaten
cooked. Unripe plantains are green and very firm. As they ripen
they turn a yellow orange color, much more orange than a regular
banana. Then they turn black and become very soft, even mushy.
They can be cooked in any stage of ripeness, including complete
black. The darker the skin color, the sweeter the taste. The
most common cooking methods are either cutting into two inch
pieces and boiling with the skin on, or peeling and cutting into
very small pieces and frying. Frying a green plantain yields
crunchy pieces and ripe pieces yield very sweet soft pieces.
Green Bananas. Can only be eaten cooked, either fried or boiled.
A popular roadside snack in India is Fried plantain crisps.
starchy bananas, that must be cooked to be eaten, a common side
dish in Latin America. Also known as machos. The plantain is a
green skinned, pink fleshed banana which is usually flatter and
longer than a regular banana. It also contains more starch and
less sugar. It is usua