Green Bananas
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Boiled Green Banana

Green bananas look very much like yellow bananas but are very different in several respects, most notably their flesh is firm and starchy tasting rather than soft and sweet like a yellow banana's.
There are two methods of preparing boiled green bananas
Boiling Green Bananas With the Skin On

Wash the bananas thoroughly in hot soapy water to remove any remaining traces of pesticides and artificial fertilisers

Drop the bananas in to a saucepan of boiling water

Boil for about 20 minutes - you will know they are ready if the flesh feels tender when pricked with a fork

Peel then serve (the skin should come off fairly easily after cooking)
Boiling Bananas Peeled
It is much more difficult to remove the skin of a green banana than that of a yellow banana, the most commonly used technique is to:

Cut the ends of the bananas off

Cut along each of the ridges

Peel the skin away in sections

The peeled bananas can then be boiled as per the instructions above
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