We’re adding flavour to your meals this week with a new product on supermarket shelves near you.

What’s on the supermarket shelf?

Maggi Vegetable Bouillons, that’s what – in elegant boxes of 6x11g bouillon tablets. The pack is easy to open and is great to flavour steamed vegetables, ground provisions, rice and stews. There’s no need to add salt.

Enjoy these recipes using Maggi Vegetable Bouillon.

Curried Green Bananas

Ingredients:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 medium onion, finely chopped

1 tsp garlic, minced

1 tsp curry powder

2 tomatoes, chopped

6 grains All spice/pimento berries

1lb green bananas

1 pk (50g) Maggi Coconut Milk Powder (dissolved in 2 cups of water)

1 Maggi Vegetable Bouillon tablet

1 sprig thyme

2 stalks escallion, finely chopped

1 tbsp Scotch bonnet pepper, finely chopped

Method:

Heat oil and sauté onion, garlic, curry powder and tomatoes until onions are translucent.

Pour in coconut milk and crumbled Maggi Bouillon tablet and add the thyme. Continue cooking until coconut milk thickens; add the bananas and cook until tender (about 30 minutes).

Serve with your favourite meat or bean dish.

Vegetable Seasoned Rice

Serves 8

Prep time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 small onion, diced

1/2 tsp garlic, minced

2 stalks escallion, chopped

2 sprigs thyme, fresh

2 cups water

2 Maggi Vegetable Bouillon tablets

1/4 cup Maggi Coconut Milk Powder (50g), dissolved in warm water

2 cups rice

1 can whole kernel corn, canned and drained

11/2 cups mixed vegetables, frozen

1 tsp Scotch bonnet pepper, finely chopped

Method:

Heat oil in a large saucepan and sauté onions, garlic, escallions and thyme for 1 minute.

Add water, coconut milk, Maggi Vegeatble Bouillon tablets and bring to a boil.

Add rice, mixed vegetables and Scotch bonnet pepper and partially cover the pot.

Reduce heat and simmer until rice is cooked.

Remove from heat and serve.