Rose Prepares Green Bananas for Frying

Rose is a student studying law at the University of Free States in the Congo. She is cutting up green bananas and will deep fry them in hot oil. She's also cooking fried fish. There's a piece of white fish on the plate in the photo. Lake Kivu is a five-minute walk from the university so fresh fish is plentiful.

Rose is from the Congo and she speaks French, though she knows a little English, too. She and her friends like to dip their fried bananas in mayonnaise. I tried it and it was quite tasty. The entire dinner was delicious!