HOW TO MAKE BOLE (ROASTED PLANTAIN)

“Mama, abeg sell #200 bole for me. Add this your sweet sauce o”, Ade always says whenever he visits Mama Chike at Daleko junction but he never for once wondered how to make bole himself. Now he has traveled overseas and he is craving bole so much.

Wanna be like Ade or not?

If you chose “or not”, then let’s hit this table, shall we?

As simple as making bole looks, it is quite tricky! It is very possible that you don’t get it right if you do not follow the process carefully. However, those women at the roadside just make it look pretty easy, so much you crave it always, especially with their special pepper sauce…the one Ade loves so much. 😁

Bole is a delicious, filling, and nutritious street snack in Nigeria. People initially term it as a snack for low-income earners, but if you are in Nigeria, you will agree that there is no class for bole. Bole is the local name for roasted plantain.

Moreover, there is a special sentiment given to this snack. This special snack originates from the southwestern people in Nigeria and is referred to as “Bole”, which means roasted plantain.  It is pretty easy to prepare Bole, but it can be tricky. You could have a burnt bole outside and not even ready on the inside. To learn how to make bole, follow the steps below carefully.

INGREDIENTS

• Yellow or Ripe plantains
• Salt to taste

MAKING YOUR ROASTED PLANTAIN (BOLE)

• Wash the plantains, and peel off the coat.
• Pre-heat your oven grill at 170ºC until hot.
• Rub a little salt on the plantains, place them on the grill rack, and put them in the hot oven.
• Turn the plantains over from time to time so that the other sides can roast evenly.
• Your plantain should be ready in 15 minutes, depending on how ripe it is.

If you learn how to make bole yourself, It is a nice snack you can have any time of the day. After all, you don’t need to go out to get it. You can make it to your taste in the comfort of your house. It is nice to munch on when watching a movie, playing games when traveling, etc. If your bole is ready, you can have it with groundnut, Fish stew sauce, or groundnut. You don’t want to have bole when it is cold, it is more enjoyable when it is hot. Other Finger foods you can eat include Yamarita, Plantain chips, Akara, and Gizdodo.