Banana Recipes

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Banana Salad

Ingredients:

2 ripe firm bananas
2 rip firm tomatoes
1 tbsp. fresh coriander finely chopped
3-4 fresh mint leaves finely chopped
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. cumin powder
1/4 tsp. red chilli powder
2 tsp. sugar powdered
Salt to taste
3-4 pinches black salt (optional)

Method:

1. Save aside half coriander for garnish.
2. Chop bananas, sprinkle lemon juice, toss lightly.
3.Chop tomatoes, add all other ingredients.
4.Add bananas.
5. Toss gently with a flat spoon.
6. Chill if desired.
7. Garnish with remaining coriander.
8. Serve as is or with chappati or toast.

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Banana Sweet Sauce

Ingredients:

3-4 bananas ripe
1 cup coconut milk
1 tbsp. plain flour
2 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp. cardamom powder

1. Steam bananas in a bamboo or double boiler, skins intact.
2. Allow to steam for 4-5 minutes.
3. Peel, keeping bananas whole. Keep aside.

To make sweet sauce:

1. Warm flour, cinnamon, cardamom in a pan.
2. Add sugar, mix well.
3. Add coconut milk, stirring continuously, till mixture is smooth.
4. Cook further for 2-3 minutes, till sauce is thick.
5. Serve poured over hot bananas.

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Green banana curry

Ingredients:

2 - green bananas (vegetables)
2 - green chillies
panch phoran (five spices) and kalonji (niegella seeds)
2 tspn - ginger paste
2 - potatoes
2 - red chillies
1 pinch - turmeric powder
1 pinch - sugar
all purpose flour
cumin seeds
methi seeds
cumin powder
salt to taste

Method:

1. First microwave the bananas and potatoes till they become soft.
2. Mix them and make small doughs.
3. In a frying pan heat oil.
4. Just put a light coating of all purpose flour on the small doughs.
5. Light fry them , till the outer layer becomes a bit firm.
6. In a seperate pan, heat oil add cumin seeds, methi seeds, kalonji and panch phoran.
7. When they start to sizzel, add green chillies and red chilles.
8. Add ginger paste and turmeric powder and salt.
9. Add cumin powder let the masala get cooked.
10. Add water.
11. Add the doughs.
12. Let cook for sometime.
13. Remember to keep enough water for the curry cause the dough will take in a lot of water.

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Fried Banana Baji

Ingredients:

2 Bananas
1/2 Cup Channa powder (kadalai maavu)
250 ml Cooking oil
1 Tbs Chilli Powder
250 ml Honey
Salt to taste

Method:
Baji Paste:

Make Paste from Channa powder, adding Chilli powder and salt similar to the one we use for regular baji.

Fried Banana:

1. Cut the bananas in slightly thicker slices and fry them in the 2-3 tbs of oil
2. Allow them to turn brown and take them and put them aside

Fried banana Baji:

1. Pour the oil in a Tava and heat them for boiling.
2. Take the 'Fried Banana slices' one by one, dip them in the Baji paste and put them in boiling Oil.
3. Allow them till they turn reddish brown and take them out.
4. This can be served with Honey

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Raw Banana Bhaji

Raw Banana -3
Turmeric powder-1teaspoon
Salt-to taste
Oil-3 teaspoon
Mustard seed-1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves-5 to 6
Red Chilly powder-1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
Garlic-2 pods

Method:

1. Peel the raw banana and cut it into very small square pieces. Soak it in 3 cups of water with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder for 5 minutes.
2. Grind the coconut with cumin seeds, garlic and chilly powder coarsely. Keep it aside.
3. Pour 3 tsp oil in a hot griddle, put mustard seeds and allow it to splutter, put the curryleaves.
4. Now drain the water from the banana pieces put the banana pieces also in the same griddle and put the remaining turmeric powder and the salt in it, keep on stirring continuously for 5 to 10 min.
5. Now put the coconut mixture which we grind already with other things in the fried banana, keep on stirring till the water evaporates. Take away from flame.

Now it is ready to serve. It will go along with plain Rice.

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Banana Custard

Ingredients:

Ripe Banana 2
Custard Powder 15gms
Milk 150ml
Sugar 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract Few drops
Chopped Almonds 1 tsp
Chopped cashewnuts 1 tsp
Chopped pistachios 1 tsp
Raisins 1 tsp

Method:

1. Peel bananas and chop it into small cubes.
2. Mix sugar and custard powder in little milk.
3. Boil rest of the milk for about 10 mins and pour over the above mixture.
4. Heat the mixture till it begins to boil.
5.Add vanilla extract and banana cubes.
6. Garnish with nuts and serve it cold.

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Banana Milkshake

Ingredients:

1 cup Milk
Sugar 2 spoons
Big Banana 1
Ice Subes 2 or 3

Method:

1. Add milk and little water and Beat it together with banana.
2. Then add ice cubes and sugar.

Serve chill. Its very simple and good to taste.

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Banana Vanilla Milk Shake

Ingredients:

1 1/2 glass of Cold Milk
1 Ripe Banana cut into small slices
French Vanilla Icecream 3 scoops
5-6 Cashewnuts crushed
5-6 Almonds
Sugar

Method:

1. Take milk, banana, icecream & sugar & blend it in the mixie.
2. Serve it with a small scoop of icecream on the top with crushed dry fruits on top.

If you want you can mix the dry fruits while blending in the mixie itself & sugar as per your taste but not much because banana & icecream has enough contents of sugar in it. If you want to make thicker add one more banana.