Unripe plantains take twenty minutes and ripe ones just ten minutes to cook. The unripe fruit is sometimes dried in the oven and eaten like bread. When dried it may be kept for a long time without spoiling and can be carried on a long journey. Millet is a seed that looks like grains of sand. It is boiled like rice, or pounded to make into coarse flour for porridges.
Women grind the millet into flour in the traditional fashion using a small heavy rock.
Your Own Flour Visit a health food store and purchase some cereals. Have a go at pounding them to make your own flour. Use this flour to make some pancakes or scones. These play an important part in the diet of people in Uganda as they contain valuable protein, fat and carbohydrates. Peanuts originally came from South America.