Lentils with bananas from Comoros

The recipe I present to you today is from Comoros, a country from Africa, this is an original way to cook the lentils, It is healthy, vegan and nutritious.

Ingredients:

- 3 green bananas.

- 300 grams lentils.

- 1 onion.

- 3 garlic cloves.

- 1 tomato.

- 1 tablespoon curry.

Method:

1- Peel and cut the bananas into slices, then cut the onion, garlic and tomato into pieces.

2- Put the ingredients in a casserole following this order: First a layer of bananas.

3- Add the lentils.

4- Add other layer of bananas, onion and garlic.

5- Add water until you just cover the ingredients.

6- Add curry and salt.

7- Cook at medium heat until bananas are soft, now add the tomato.

8- Cook at medium heat until the lentils are done. It will take between one hour - one hour and a half.

They will cook faster if you cover the casserole leaving a space to let the steam go out.

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Comoros

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Lettuce Burritos

 Eating healthy can be eating tasty and fun, this recipe is a healthy version of burritos.

Instead of corn tortilla we use lettuce filled with chicken, mushrooms, pears and cheese. This is a tasty mixture to create a nutritious dish.

Ingredients:

- Lettuce.
- Chicken breast.
- Mushrooms.
- 2 pears.
- Salt.
- Ground garlic.
- Parsley.

- Thyme.

- Rosemary.

- Cheese to melt.

Method:

1- Cut the chicken breast in little pieces.

2- Add salt, ground garlic, parsley, thyme, rosemary over the chicken and mix well.

3- Fry the chicken until it is half done.

4- Clean the mushrooms with a paper and cut into slices.

5- Peel and cut the pears into little pieces.

6- Add all the ingredients in the pan with the chicken, cook at low heat until all the ingredients are well done.

7- While the mixture is hot, put some of the filling on every lettuce leave.

8- Put some cheese over the filling, the cheese will melt thanks to the heat of the chicken.

Eat while it is still hot.

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Couscouma - Comores

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Couscouma or Mardouf is the typical bread from Comores, it is made from wheat flour and butter or ghee.

The recipe I present today is the traditional one adding grated cheese and chive.

This bread is eaten daily and at big feasts like weddings and during Ramadam

Ingredients:

- 500 gr wheat flour.

- 200 gr butter or ghee.

- 1 glass of water.

- Salt.

- Grated cheese.

- Chive.

Method:

1- Sieve the flour and put it in a bowl, add water and mix well, add a table spoon of melted butter and mix well, knead for 10 minutes until the dough is not sticky.

2- Divide the dough into 6 parts, shape them like little balls.

Let them stand for 10 minutes, cover the bowl.

3- Take one ball of dough and use a rolling pin to flatten it.

4- Add some melted butter on the surface.

5- Add grated cheese and chopped chive.

6- Put the dough in the shape of a cilinder ,as you see in the pictures:

7 - Put the cilinder in the shape of two spirals.

8 - Add some melted butter.

9 - Put one spiral on top of the other, flatten with the help of a rolling pin.

10 - Add more melted butter on the surface.

11 - Put on a frying pan with the surface that has the butter upside down. Fry for 1 minute.

12 - Put some melted butter on the other surface and flip down, Cook until it is sligtly brown.

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Grand Father's dessert

 Grand Father's dessert is an easy dessert, you do not need to cook.

It is a traditional dessert made from Burgos' fresh cheese.

This cheese is very healthy, it does not need a maturation period, because of this, it keeps a great quantity of the milk whey, rich in potassium.

It also has a good quantity of water that allows the cheese to have low caloric value.

This is healthy , easy and tasty.

Ingredients:

- Burgos fresh cheese.

- Honey.

- Walnuts.

Method:

1- Cut a piece of fresh Burgos' cheese, place it on a dish.

Pour some honey on the cheese, add 2 walnuts cut in little pieces.

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Burgos