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bitabi

bi-TA-bi

plantains

Generalnoun

French: les bananes plantains

Tolambi bitabi.

We cooked plantains.

Nous avons cuisiné des bananes plantains.

Plantains — the everyday starch, fried or boiled. Bitabi are plantains, a staple of the Congolese plate: sliced and fried golden, or boiled beside fish and greens. Cheap, filling and loved, they anchor many a home meal.

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