Wake up your morning porridge the Mille Fleurs way, with our scented Jamaican Spice Plantain porridge recipe that is low in GI.
Despite luscious plantain being available in corner shops and supermarkets worldwide and regarded by leading nutritionists as a super-fruit, we have many a guest to the hotel who’s never eaten them and others that reserve them as something they to eat when dining out despite being incredibly easy to prepare.
What are the health benefits of these delicious savoury banana like fruits? Cooked in a porridge they can counter mid-morning cravings as they are high in fibre as well as having a low GI of just 41, (half that of boiled rice). This means they are a happy carbohydrate which works to ensure you feel fuller for longer. They’re high in Magnesium, another essential mineral to help alleviate tiredness.
Adding Cassia Cinnamon not only provides a scented serotonin but helps to lower the speed that your stomach empties so no spikes of hunger and naughty snacking, best of all, one of the most popular spices in Jamaican cookery is now regarded as a natural statin.
Everyone needs a little help now and again to break the routine of their healthy breakfast porridge, and our Jamaican version will help bring a little Caribbean sun to any breakfast bowl.
- 380-400g Peeled Green Plantains
- 750 ml Water
- 250 ml Coconut Cream
- 1 Cinnamon Bark
- 1 Pinch of Salt
- 250 ml Milk
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 165 Condensed Milk (optional)
- Freshly Grated Nutmeg (about ⅛ tsp or 6 slides on a grater)
- Wash, peel and slice green plantains into 3 cm slices slices into 3 cm.
- Put the plantain and water in a blender and pulse until chopped fine then blend to a smooth puree
- Pour it in a pot with cinnamon and turn on the stove on low heat. Keep stirring to prevent lumps. A lumpy plantain porridge is the result of an untended pot.
- Add salt and stir.
- Add coconut cream and stir for about 15 minutes
- Add milk and stir.
- Add vanilla and nutmeg and stir.
- After about 20-25 minutes of total cooking time, turn off heat, add condensed milk according to taste.
Check out the famous breakfasts at Mille Fleurs, Tripadvisor’s #1 restaurant in Port Antonio, Jamaica.
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