How to Ripen Plantains? These Methods Are Simple and Practical
If a plantain is not ripe, its peel is green and its taste is very astringent; a ripe plantain is soft, glutinous and sweet, suitable for all ages. For transport and storage, plantains are often picked unripe and ripened when they are to be eaten. So how do you ripen plantains?
1. Ripening methods
1. Chemical ripening method: drip a few drops of banana ripening agent onto the main stalk of the banana, then place it in a cool place for 2 to 3 days and it will ripen.
2. Folk ripening method: put the unripe bananas into a rice jar for 2 to 3 days and they will also ripen.
3. Physical ripening method: put the unripe bananas into an airtight container, then add a red apple, and release the gas once a day so that the rising temperature does not spoil the unripe bananas.
4. Apple ripening method: use a cardboard box or plastic bag, add 2 to 3 ripe apples (or 1 ripe papaya) to the plantains, seal with a plastic bag, and they can be ripened at room temperature in 2 to 3 days; the banana peel turns slightly yellow and the flesh is fresh, sweet and delicious. Just wait: after the second night passed, the bananas had not turned yellow much, but they were already soft and very fresh and sweet.
5. Banana peel ripening method: use a fruit foam box, put the plantains together with some yellow ripe bananas or leftover yellow banana peels and seal it, and leave it at normal temperature for 2 to 3 days to ripen.
2. The nutrition of plantains
Plantains and bananas belong to the same family, look similar, and have a certain medicinal value. Plantain leaves have a history of several thousand years in preventing plagues; Chinese herbal medicine can be sourced locally, and pharmacological research in modern medicine shows that plantain leaves are a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral drug. They inhibit and kill many viruses and bacteria and have a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on respiratory system diseases. Plantain roots have the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst, promoting urination and detoxicating. They treat epidemic febrile diseases, edema, beriberi, bloody strangury, uterine bleeding, carbuncles and swellings, boils, and erysipelas.
There are many ways to ripen plantains, and you can ripen them according to your own actual situation. Eating more plantains can help lubricate the intestines and relieve constipation.