Plantain Flour Recipes | Asiko Plantain Flour | African Foods

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Another Great Asiko Product | The Plantain Flour

This flour is 100% pure plantain – no additives.

Furthermore plantain flour is naturally gluten free, lactose free and egg free, as well as being paleo.

It is an excellent substitution for wheat flour for dishes such as pancakes. Besides in breads, it can replace up to 30% regular flour.

Gridding unripe plantains and drying them give you plantain flour’

It contains resistant. 100g of plantain flour have between 35g and 68g resistant starch.

Plantains

Plantains are a staple food in South America, Asia and Africa too. They are starchier than regular bananas.

Green (unripe) plantains, such as are the main ingredient for plantain flour.

Using Plantain Flour

Plantain flour is a versatile flour. It is a substitute to regular flour in dishes such as pancakes, semolina, roux and other sauces.

For dishes such as bread, plantain flour can replace up to 30% of regular wheat flour.

Nigeria is amongst one of the biggest producers of plantain in the world. It is used in many African dishes.

Most families now preferred plantain flour as a natural alternative to other flours, because plantain flour is much healthier.

Health Benefits

Doctors advised their patients to eat plantain flour. Plantain flour recipes has many amazing health benefits.

Plantain Flour Recipes is high in fibre and rich in protein and carbohydrate.  Carbohydrate is easily digested and has low sodium.

Plantain flour is rich in Vitamin A, B, C, Iron and Magnesium. The low carbohydrate level in plantain is beneficial for diabetics.

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