Recipes

Ingredients

 * 4 large, ripe, unpeeled bananas
 * 2 tablespoons melted butter
 * 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
 * 1 teaspoon lemon juice
 * Ice Cream, for serving

Directions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F or prepare barbeque grill. Cut off the ends of the bananas. Place the unpeeled bananas on an ungreased cookie sheet or in a baking pan or place the bananas on the lightly oiled rack of barbeque grill. Bake or grill for 15 minutes, or until the skins burst and turn black. Discard the skins and cut the bananas lengthwise. Mix the butter, brown sugar, and lemon and drizzle over the cooked bananas. Serve with ice cream.

Ingredients

 * 8 whole plantains or green bananas, peeled
 * Lemon juice
 * Brown sugar (optional)
 * Butter, melted
 * Nutmeg

Procedure

 * 1) Melt butter in a frying pan.
 * 2) Cut and quarter the bananas or plantains.
 * 3) Dip the banana pieces in lemon juice and place them in the buttered frying pan.
 * 4) Lightly brown, remove, and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with nutmeg and brown sugar, if desired. (//Ndizi// is typically not sweetened in Tanzania.)