Bananas vs Plantains | Which To Use And Why
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- They look similar but taste way different and have unique uses. Chef Matt explains the differences between the common banana and less-known plantain.
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When I was younger my mom accidentally got some plantains instead of bananas because they got mixed together. When I went to eat it it was nice and yellow but I was wondering why it was so hard, I figured it was some sort of super banana lol when I finally got it open and took a bite I was so horrified I threw it away and didn’t eat bananas for many years until I figured out what the hell that thing was lol.
Lol! Wow, that is quite an experience!
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Plantain can be eaten. I guess your mind was just in shock from different qualities. Try again now as an adult
Plantain is very common in West Africa, especially Nigeria & Cameroon.
It's a staple to people in Southern Nigeria and sometimes called dodo.
Good to know! That name “dodo” - I’ve been called one myself at times, lol. All my best to you! 🙏
@@IWantToCook no. We call it dodo when it's fried. Bole, when it's grilled.
they're common in africa-brcause of the weather
I eat plantains raw as a staple. You do not need to cook them, just allow them ripen all the way until they begin to get mostly black on the outside and start to soften. The softer you let them get, they will be sweeter. And they are MUCH sweeter and tastier than cavendish (regular) store bananas.
I love plantains. One of my favorite dishes is frying them, and topping them with mexican cream and queso fresco. The mildness and creaminess of the cheese pairs really well and compliments the sweertness of the plantains.
Yum! I’ll have to try that!
“Mexican cream” 💀
@@JostarEclipse omg stop 🤣🤣🤣🙆🏻
@@lorengamez I’m Hispanic so I have a lot of Hispanic cream
Plantain has loads of nutrients. When I grew up in south west of India, we have these plants plenty in our backyard and we called them banana. We eat riped (not too mushy) ones just like a normal banana. Plantains are delicious and one is sufficient to fill your stomach if you don’t have a proper meal. I ate the “western banana” first time in Europe, it felt flavorless and mushy! Due to plantains long shelf life, I sometimes stock ‘em up too. Raw plantains are often cooked in that regions various delicacies.
Next time you buy a plantain, pls do eat them well riped
Thanks for commenting, and happy cooking 🙏
I once went shopping for the nursery school where I worked as the manager sent me to buy some bananas for snack time. I grabbed a bunch of what I thought were bananas and took them to the checkout. The guy looked at me and said "These are not bananas. You want to buy bananas." He got the plantains, brought them back where they belonged and pointed at the bananas. I loved that he just knew I had made a mistake lol
That was the day I discovered plantain 😁
Neat story! That would have been an interesting snack time for the kiddos 🤣
Thank you.
This is a wonderful explanation.
Thanks for watching! 🙏
Plantains are quite common in Kerala, India. In their raw state it can be sliced and fried into a crispy tasty chips. When ripe it can be steamed or fried in batter and consumed. Unlike other bananas like cavendish it takes longer period of time for plantain to ripen. When ripe the skin of plantain turns dark. In Asia there are many varieties of bananas available. My favorite is the red banana, it's very creamy and tasty.
Great tips, thank you! Red banana sounds intriguing. I’ve never seen it in the U.S. Cheers 🙏
Yes red bananas are the best.. especially when they're natural
Also you can eat plantain when it's ripe right?? And it taste good too(I'm kinda confused after watching this video)
Edit: From Tamil Nadu tho
@@Jesuscares._._ Yes, you can eat ripe plantain by itself or just steam and eat it. If you add a bit of ghee to steamed plantains it tastes even better.
@@nabeelmohammedca For how long do you steam them? Thank you!
@@loribach534 Just steam them for 5 minutes.
Thank you for this video. Never in my life have I heard of plantains. I ordered and had groceries delivered a few days ago. I always order bananas but shopper obviously thought that these were regular bananas. I also bit into a raw one to taste and didn't like it. Now since watching your video I see that they can be cooked so now checking out recipes.
So glad you found it useful! Maybe that mixup will be a happy accident :) PS: One of my favorite plantain recipes is this one for caramelized plantains: ruclips.net/video/WGCT1tLYdf8/видео.html
Come to Nigeria, we got plantains in quantum.
Omg🤡 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
thank you so much for sharing
Thanks for watching! 🙏
Great info. I actually eat Dominican Mangu as a pre-work meal before my weight training workout. It's packed with potassium
Right on! 👍
The bites sound good. I like them cooked soft.
Thank you for this video and the information. How do their nutritional values differ?
From a brief search on Google, it appears that plantains are a bit more nutritious, though bananas are also no slouch. Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Thank you.
Thanks
Thank you for this detailed video. We don't have these in Southern Africa because we are in a drier climate.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Very abundant in west Africa
We grow them in SA
@@edvardosavingyourafricahmmm
In South Africa
Awesome video and now We must try a plantain!!!
I have eaten ripe plantain. You have to make sure it's fully ripened. There's also a type of banana that looks just like plantain and can even be fired like plantain. It's called, bullfrog banana, but I have only seen it in Jamaica, because that's where I was born and grew up.
We also have a banana called honey banana, and another banana called, chine-banana, which was my favorite, but it must be fully ripened or else it will be lumpy.....some parts ripe and other parts with lumps/not fully ripe.
Properly ripe plantains can be eaten raw (should take small bites and chew properly), and are tastier than bananas (personal perspective). Plantains are said to be ripe only when skin turns yellow and black spots starts appears on it.
That's funny you mentioned confusing bananas with plantains I got my first plantain cause I thought it was a banana
Me too, lol!
Thank you for sharing the differences between the two. I've heard that if plantains are green they are considered a vegetable; if they're ripe then they're a fruit. Is this true? If so, are there different baking/preparation methods?
Glad it was helpful! That's interesting about the fruit/vegetable thing. I hadn't heard this and believe they are strictly a fruit. However, greener plantains will be more vegetable-like in that they are not as sweet and are usually tougher, so maybe that's where the thinking of them as a veggie comes in. As for baking/prep, I think the key is remembering that the greener they are, the less sweet and tougher they will be, while yellow to black means sweeter and softer. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!
bruh, tried them a month ago and im so in love with them, dip them in melted coconut oil, 6min in the airfryer on both sides and gawd, poor some honey over and enjoy. i prefer the plantains from a local african store instead a simple grocery store tho.
Wow, that's a great idea. Thanks and i'm glad you're enjoying them!
🇭🇹 we eat lots of plantains everyday ❤❤❤ plantains
so helpfull!
Thank you! 🙏
In the future, I plan on teaching myself to cook for my channel. May I reference your videos and cook your recipes?
Of course! Enjoy, good luck, and reach out if I can help. Happy cooking!
The plantain i got at walmart in iowa, was really ripe and tasty.
Sweet bananas, when overripe, can be frozen and saved and then thawed out for use in a banana loaf or cake or even cupcakes and muffins. The banana mush will look kind of gross, but once you blend it with all the other compnents you only get the sweet banana taste. No gross mouth feel.
Great tip! 👍
I might try Puerto Rican, but the Puerto Rico here just want to eat Cuban & Mexican food!
I do dance Salsa dancing, which seems to be a Puerto Rican & Cuban dances!
Plantain also tastes sweet when allowed to ripen well... and can be eaten like normal bananas.
I definitely love eating plantains raw when it's ripe and as for any variety of bananas as long as ripe.
it meant to be cook
@@ihatethe80s1iq yeah, but still I love eating it raw ripe
@@basrah111 bannans are easy to peal then plantains
Yeah I just had a plantain for the first time today, I cut it up and fried it, then salted. Wasn't sweet at all, tasted kinda like a potato lol I think mine wasn't ripe yet, it was really green but I thought it was supposed to be, haha I couldnt even peel mine by hand, had to use a knife 😅
Yep, if it was green it was very un-ripe. Wait for it to be yellow or even start to blacken, and your taste buds will be rewarded 😊
@@IWantToCook If the platain is green you can cook it as a vegetable. They go well with meat and other veges as stew or soup. If its ripe theyre good to cook as desserts.
When they ripe you can steam cook them with some water once cooked add some sour cream they are delicious
Walmart substituted plantains for my bananas, and now I’m here watching this. Thank you, I’m now glad I didn’t try to open one and eat it raw like a banana 😂
Heh, I did that once years ago… and it later inspired this video! 😀
Green unripe bananas are a good plantain alternative if you can’t get them. The only difference is the starch and no sugars JUST LIKE a plantain
Good tip. Thanks!
Colours turn from green to black?🤔 That got me a bit confused.... I thought there was yellow somewhere in between Or have I been hallucinating all along? I thought bananas/plantains turn yellow before turning black?
Yes, they do. Sorry if I didn’t explain that well. Green -> Yellow -> Black
Thank you 😮handsome guy
Ah thank you! 😊
Yeah, at 0:30 they gave me "pause" alright haha. I just got some today thinking they're bananas and was surprised.
It said plantains on the sticker so im looking it up to see what these things are.
Thank you.
Thanks for watching! 👍
You can also boil plantains
Good to know!
Try banana fry (Indian style) with plantain
Plantanos are called to tostones when you smash flat and fry. I miss Cuba!
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Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel and happy cooking! :-)
In India(Kerala mainly) we eat raw well ripe Plantain - when they start turning yellow to black. In that stage it can be peeled like a banana
Nice! Yes, I’ve noticed they soften considerably as they ripen. Thanks for watching and all my best to you.
@@IWantToCook can I use plantains instead of rice as my main carb source
@@kevinwilson3337 good idea!
5:16🤣🤣🤣. I never had them raw but they taste really good fried
They sure are! Here’s my favorite way to enjoy them: Caramelized Plantain Bites | Sweet & Simple Recipe
ruclips.net/video/WGCT1tLYdf8/видео.html
Allow the plantain to ripen till it looks almost black, and try it raw :) it's gonna be one of the best things of fruit you've ever tasted!
Will do! Thanks 🙏
Thanks, heard Colombia was a high plantain producing country, searched it on yt and this video told me everything. Now I know not to buy one or the other without knowing from a street vendor 😂
Glad it helped! Cheers 🙏
Plantain banana is a king of bananas.
In India , mostly in Kerala plantain banana is a very common and favourite fruit included in our daily diet.
Even raw plantain banana powder is used for making porridge for babies. Which is very healthy.
Raw plantain banana currys r good for diabetic patients.
Eating ripe plantain banana can change our moods as it contain tryptophan amino acid which produces Serotonin hormone in our brain.
Even steamed or boiled plantain banana taste very delicious, which is even prescribed by some Dr.s for people of any age group. It is a carbohydrate-rich supplement. Prevents from constipation and anemia.
Overripe plantain banana is approx 8 times beneficial for building immunity
Plantain bananas in all its different stages from raw to overripe, are beneficial from newborn to old-age.
Not only this much, there r many more benifit of PLANTAIN BANANA, King of Bananas.
Plantain banana chips r also very tasty but this is the only type when it is not so healthy.
Good to know! Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy cooking 😀
Down Here in Mexico We call them "Platano Macho"
I grow burro bananas and push them through a fry cutter to make french fries!
That sounds fantastic!
I'm in the Philippines, and I haven't seen any plantains yet
We call.plantain saba in the Philippines
Make plantain chips by slicing and frying plantains.
That sounds fantastic!
I like green plantains more than green bananas.
I'm only familiar with Cuban food! Are the Cuban food similar to the Puerto Rican food. There are many Cuban, Mexican, Argentina, Guatemala & Salvador restaurants. What cities in the USA and Canada would have Puerto Rican restaurants, thank you?
That I'm not sure about. A quick Google search in my area of Southern California points to Cuban or Caribbean restaurants. I can't recall eating at a Puerto Rican restaurant outside of Puerto Rico. I visited there in 2013 and especially love the staple dish of mofongo. It was the first thing I ate after landing, and I was instantly hooked.
No wonder the peel is hard looks different and is dence
Thank you very much, I just wanted to mention, when bananas get too ripe to use in a pie ( my favorite) I peel them & put them in plastic bags & freeze them until I get ready to make banana nut bread....they don't look pretty, but they freeze well & do great for the bread.
I love this idea! Thanks for watching and sharing this tip 🙏
@@IWantToCook ; You're more than welcome..:-}
I eat them on my oatmeal and if you wait long enough, they can be very sweet. The key is waiting until almost black....it can take more than a week! You slice the peel all the way down and it will peel easily. The key is waiting......lol.
Indeed: With plantains, patience pays off!
arent platanos just what bananas used to be before genetic modification, arent they just natural bananas?
That one is beyond me. But thanks for watching and happy cooking!
Oh that is a lovely kitchen. I eat shakes of greek yoghurt and plantain with cocoa, cacao, nuts and much brown sugar as main food since last year (last year I mean 2021).
Ohhh I had not seen the full video when I wrote that. Now I can say I'm an expert on plantains. Of course you didn't like it!! it was 'green' when you tried (raw, in spanish, is "green"). But wait till it is black and you'll see the sweetness. Far more sweet than the regular banana, and much tastier and delicious (and far more nutritious as well as I want to believe). And I almost never cook them, and yes, the way I cook them when I do it is caramelized, as the video you will do next time.
But I eat them fresh in my plantain shake made with my greek yoghurt, lots of cacao, lots of delicious and HEALTHY sugar (not white, of course) and nuts. Which became my main food.
Cheers from the plain country in the inner Mexico!!
Rafael
Thank you for watching, and that sounds delicious. Are you near the Copper Canyon region, by chance? I was there a few years ago in Chihuahua, and the beauty is astounding. Cheers 😀
@@IWantToCook No friend, I'm somewhere in Jalisco, 2 hours from the Guadalajara iconic city. Thanks for your reply, I appreciate.
Friend I just made this video for you:
ruclips.net/video/NNw_GbIWR2c/видео.html
@@aquamansuperman243 Thank you, my friend! I bet those platano machos will be delicious :-) All my best to you!
@@IWantToCook 'Platano machos' wow you surprise me my friend, thanks for watching my video until the end!!
first time I saw a plantain I thought it was a banana
Plantains are a good source of resistant starches which feed the good bacteria in your gut so they are healthy. 😊
That plantain is not perfectly ripped 👍
In Indonesia we call both Pisang or Banana😂
Iya, kalo yg dimaksud pisang yg harus dimasak dulu jg di Indonesia masih banyak macam2 pisang yg perlu dimasak dulu misalnya pisang nangka, pisang uli, pisang tanduk, pisang kepok....itu yg sy tau belum pisang2 yg lain yg bisa langsung dimakan seperti pisang ambon, pisang lumut, pisang susu, pisang kepok, pisang uli, pisang Lampung, pisang emas dll.....di Papua ada jg giant pisang yg gede banget , ga hanya pohonnya yg gede buahnya jg gede, sedang kan pisang yg ukurannya Kecil yg sy tau pisang emas dan pisang Lampung....
Once my nan bought plantains instead of bananas and it was rock solid lol 😂
I think that’s how I accidentally discovered them back in the day. 😂
@@IWantToCook lol great video man glad i found your channel
I bought a plantain chips from trader joe ; it’s supper yummy and tasted as French fries of Macdonalds .
Yes, those are delicious!
I see you're using filmora
Yep. Version 9 (Lifetime plan). I had zero video editing experience when buying it, and it fits my needs.
@I Want To Cook I use it too bro. You should be able to upgrade from 9 with the license software. It's decent software imo. Anyway nice video. Gonna eat some plantains now. Keep it up man.
@@TapoutT Thank you! Cheers :)
I prefer plantains
Plantains are actually vegetable.
They are staple in west Africa.
You can fried them.
You can boiled them.
You can mashed then
You can roasted them
You can even do plantains pankaces when they are very ripe.
Every west african knows plantains.
So versatile! 👍
Its absolutely amazing how cheap bananas are. They are a bargain.
Om almost 65 and just learned about plantains looking up air fryer recipes.. go figure..
Can you Air fry plantains
I was told the honey chips banana are in fact plantains
I’m not familiar with those, but I wouldn’t be surprised; plantains simply hold up better to cooking than do bananas.
Fried plantain chips in Latinoamerica are called “platanutres”, and I prefer them way over potato chips.
❤🎉😢😮 good
Dude, you took a bite of the plantain when it wasn’t ripe. It needs to be dark in color. What you did was the equivalent of eating a sweet banana when it’s really green. Misleading info on that point. Otherwise, I enjoyed the vid.
Thanks and lesson learned, lol. 😀
Plantain is starchy banana
Plantains can be eaten non cooked when they are ripe, he ate it half raw...lol, good vid thou
Not ripe
plantainto plantato
And I still don’t know how to fry a plantain.
Watch this and you will! Caramelized Plantain Bites | Sweet & Simple Recipe
ruclips.net/video/WGCT1tLYdf8/видео.html
Plantain is sweet when they get ripe.
Inimah pisang tanduk
Ahh I love a white man who says plANTain
6:00 Caribbean people be rolling their eyes when they hear caramelised plantain bites 😒
ഈശ്വരാ ഇവിടേം മലയാളിയോ
Whew, chile. The clueless colonizers in these comments. 🤦🏾♀️
Girl this comment is so ignorant.
I’m from the Caribbean and our African ancestors SOLD our people to the American slave trade
They weren’t taken or colonized.
Africans had African slaves and sold the slaves to the US
Fufu
This guy shouldn't be talking about something he clearly knows nothing about 😂😂😂so clueless 😂😂😂
Well, there goes my plans for making a video on calculus…. 🤣
Plantains are mostly eaten raw actually, it has a unique taste and it gets sweeter as it ripes
Not in Caribbean, which is where I’ve seen the most consumption of plantain. There are so many plates with plantain, and none raw.
@@iamtorregoin South Asia it's mostly eaten raw, a really ripe plantain is very sweet and has a unique taste, it's eaten just like a banana.
@Ricardo Torres why would they sell it raw lol
Today I bought a crossbred banana/ plantain hybrid.
Interesting! I’ll keep my eyes out for that.
Well I just ate a plantain 😮🤔😐🫠and I didn’t cook it I thought it was a banana
I did that the first time i bought one, too, lol. That was one of the reasons for making this video :-)
bought 2 on sale and now wonder what to do with it :-D Clueless in EU .
Try this dessert - they are amazing cooked this way as caramelized pieces! Caramelized Plantain Bites | Sweet & Simple Recipe
ruclips.net/video/WGCT1tLYdf8/видео.html
Thanks