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🇷🇼Rwanda

Mizuzu

Ripe plantain slices deep-fried until golden and crisp, served as a sweet street snack; sometimes plated with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in tourist restaurants; sold at vendors and stalls across Rwanda.

🇧🇮Burundi

Steamed Plantains

Ibitoke

Green plantains (ibitoke) boiled or steamed until soft, eaten as a starchy side with stews and beans; the Kinyarwanda word for plantain, ibitoke is the staple carbohydrate of the Rwandan table alongside cassava and sweet potato.