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A Little Sauce On The Side

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Published: 04 Dec 2025 › Updated: 04 Dec 2025A Little Sauce On The Side

A Little Sauce On The Side

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Tomato sauce and unripe Plantain
As a Nigerian once I say I like unripe Plantain. It sounds weird since we are known for DODO but I love it and it is what it is. My first obsession is tomato sauces and recently I've been looking for ways to make it suit my taste more so let's get into the real deal

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Ingredients
1 tsp of Ginger powder (use ¼ or ½ tsp if you don't like your spices strong)
½ Garlic powder
½ Nutmeg powder
½ Curry powder
½ Thyme
½ Rosemary
Salt
Onions
Fresh pepper
Fresh Tomato
Seasoning cubes
Unripe Plantain
Vegetable oil

Meal Prep Process
So I have control over how it comes out. One thing I do is put the sliced tomatoes in a sauce so the water drains out without getting in the sauce.
Wash and chop other vegetables for an easy process

Recipe

  1. Start with boiling the unripe Plantain in salt water.
  2. Heat the pan on low heat for a minute.
  3. Add vegetable oil to the pan and heat it for a minute.
  4. Add ¾ onions and fry till it turns whitish [a greater portion of the onions]

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  1. Add all the fresh tomatoes and fry till its no more lumpy [medium heat]

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  1. Add your spices

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  1. Add 1 cup of water
  2. Add salt and seasoning cubes to taste
  3. Add the remaining onions and cook for 1 minute

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Your sauce is ready to serve
I'm looking at making this with seafood next time so I guess this is part 1 of the series
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