Green Banana Porridge, with Video

Hello there!

Today’s recipe is a breakfast recipe: Green Banana Porridge.

If you are not familiar with porridge (or bouillie, in French), porridge is the common name for a dish eaten for breakfast made of boiled cereals and milk or water.

Its most popular version is oatmeal and as its name suggest, is made with oat. Around the world, under different names, porridge is made with wheat, barley, corn, millet or other starches, such as green bananas.

While porridge is consumed all over the world, green banana porridge is mainly found in the Caribbean and most precisely Haiti and Jamaica. The difference lies in the type of banana used: while in Jamaica the most common banana used for this porridge is regular banana, Haitians would normally use Plantain bananas.

Their techniques are quite similar even though Jamaicans would normally go for the vegan version used by the Rastafari: the would swap the condensed and coconut for water and sugar or for coconut milk, water and sugar.

Another way to make this vegan is using vegan condensed milk instead.

It is important to note that, traditionally, the banana is peeled and then mixed with coconut milk or water: I’m lazy so I mix it in a food processor, feel free to do as you please xD

I like to pair porridge with (more) cinnamon and nuts such as almonds or hazelnut.

Well, without further ado, here is the recipe. Scroll down for video instructions.