Plantains come in three colors: the least ripe are green, the more ripe ones are yellow, and eventually, they turn black.

As a basic rule of thumb, you can expect your green plantains to turn yellow within a week and for yellow plantains to turn black in another week, at which point it's as ripe as it's going to get.

Make sure to use green plantain (rather than ripe plantain ... on the baking tray and bake for 25–30 minutes until crisp, turning halfway through. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, using the ...

And did you know a plantain plant can produce the starchy fruit for up to 100 years. You can eat it at different stages of ripeness: when it’s green (almost ripe,) when it is yellow (ripe,) or ...