Are plantain chips actually healthy?
Plantain chips are a great source of fibre and other nutrients like potassium and sodium, and provid En savoir plus
When did plantains come to Africa?
Paul Muller
2025-10-29 16:26:17
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Plantain found its way into Madagascar from Malaysia and India through trading Asian merchants and by Arabs during the Trans-Saharan trade boom. Plantain and banana trade along with yam and other food crops became a very important factor in the wealth, prosperity and rapid expansion of the Bantu Kingdom of central and southern Africa around 1500 AD. Up till date, plantain is still a major and popular staple meal across Uganda and the rest of the former Bantu region. The history of banana and plantain in the Caribbean has also been traced to the activities of the Portuguese Franciscan Monk who introduced it to the Caribbean island of Santo Domingo in the 1516, having himself come in contact with this fruit in the Canary island, brought there by his compatriots about a hundred years earlier. Today, plantain is popular and eaten boiled or baked or fried or mashed in many parts of the world today like Florida, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Japan, Malaysia, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil, to mention but a few places.
Valérie Perrot
2025-10-18 13:11:12
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History tells us that plantains are indigenous to equator-bordering lands in Southeast Asia. Spanish and African slave traders brought the fruit with them to the Caribbean on slave ships. Plantains proved to be a cheap and filling provision for enslaved men and women. The abundance of plantains and their versatility made them the staple ingredient that they are today.
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Alfred Klein
2025-10-18 12:30:47
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The plant reached West Africa about 4,000 years ago and from there to the rest of the continent. How it reached West Africa hints at forgotten pre-historic trade routes between Africa and Asia. Like all the people around our table, plantain is not indigenous to the Americas or the Caribbean. The African staple sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in the same slave ships.
Henri Monnier
2025-10-18 12:17:31
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They arrived there, and throughout the Caribbean, via Portuguese explorers who brought them from Africa. Even in Africa, plantains had been introduced through ancient trade routes that linked Southeast Asia to Africa and beyond. By 327 BC, when Alexander the Great invaded India, he encountered plantains and brought them back to Greece. With their long shelf life and versatility, plantains quickly became a valued trade item, spreading through ancient trade networks to far-off lands. Over time, plantain dishes took root in Caribbean and Central American cuisine, with flavors and recipes that endure today. Plantains are essential in the diets of people across Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Beyond these regions, plantains are enjoyed as snacks and ingredients worldwide, from Japan to the UAE. In the Americas, plantains became an essential food source for African slaves, forcibly brought to the Caribbean and Latin America by European colonists. Already familiar with plantains from their homeland, these enslaved Africans brought their cooking techniques and recipes with them, blending their culinary traditions with local ingredients.
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Antoinette Guillet
2025-10-18 11:17:50
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Plantains are believed to have originated in Southeast Asia. Two groups of plantains are thought to have a common origin: the horn plantain and the French plantain. Both types grow in India, Africa, Egypt, and tropical America. The French plantains also occur in Indonesia and the islands of the Pacific. In some parts of East Africa the plantain is an important beer-making crop, notably in central and eastern Uganda and Tanzania.