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Unda kaya(Sweet Bonda)

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Preparation time: I hr. 30 min                                                                              Cooking Time :30 min                                                                                        Cuisine: Indian INGREDIENTS Wheat flour-2 cups Banana (small) mashed- 3 nos Jiggery syrup-1/2 cup Baking soda- ¼ tsp Salt –a pinch Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp Ghee-1tbsp  Peanuts-1tbsp  Coconut pieces-1tbsp Oil for frying PREPARATION Fry peanuts and coconuts in ghee and keep it aside. In a bowl, add all the above ingredients ...

Banana Chips

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         Preparation time:  30 min                                                 TYPE: veg          Cook time:  20 min         INGREDIENTS:          Raw Banana -  (remove the outer skin) --5 nos.          (Cut each of these halves into thin strips) .           Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp.            Salt to taste           Water-3 tbsp.           Oil for deep frying         PREPARATION:          In a bowl, mix turmeric powder, salt and water. Keep it aside. Heat the oil in a deep   ...

Banana Balls

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PREPARATION TIME: 20 Minutes                   Veg INGREDIENTS: 1 Ripe banana (plantain-must not be too ripe) ½ cup coconut grated 2 tbsp. sugar 1 tbsp. cashew nuts (to be crushed to smaller pieces) 1 tbsp. raisins ¼ tsp. cardamom powder 1/2 tsp. cinnamon powder (for garnishing) White chocolate -50g Desiccated coconut-1/2 cup Icing sugar-1/2 cup PREPARATION  Double boil the white chocolate and make sauce. Take desiccated coconut and mix with icing sugar and keep it aside.    Place the banana in a microwave oven and cook it for 2 minutes.   Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool.   Peel the skin out and then mash the banana with your hands.   In a pan, heat the ghee. Add the crushed cashew nuts, raisins and sauté well. Then add grated coconuts and sugar. Sauté well. Remove the pan from the stove and add cardamom powder. Grease your hands with little ghee/oil...

Koombu varavu (banana blossom stir fry)

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Preparation time: 10 min Cook time:   10 min                                                            VEGETARIAN Cuisine : Indian INGREDIENTS: Banana blossom flower – 1 no onion – 1(chopped) Green chillies – 3 nos (slit) Curry leaves – 2 strings Dried red chilly – 1 no Coconut oil – 3 tbsp. Mustard – ½ tsp. Tumeric powder – ¼ tsp. Red chilly powder – 1 tsp. Grated coconut – 1 cup Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp. Salt to taste METHOD Slice the banana blossom flower into small pieces and wash it with turmeric water (1 tsp. turmeric powder). Drain it well. Then put it into a chopper and chop it nicely. Heat oil in a pan then add mustard, after it pops up then add dry chilly, curry leaves, chopped onion, green chilly and sauté well. Then add the chopped banana flower. Add turmeric powder, red ...

Toffee Banana

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Toffee Banana Preparation time:         10 min                 VEGETARIAN Cook Time: Less than 15 min Cuisine : Chinese INGREDIENTS: Ingredients 50 g self-raising flour  25 g corn flour, plus extra for dusting 90 ml cold water Vegetable oil, for deep-frying 2 bananas, thickly sliced diagonally 120 g white sugar PREPARATION 1.       To make the batter, whisk together the self-raising flour and corn flour, then add the water and mix until smooth. Stir in 1 tsp. of vegetable oil. 2.       Fill a wok or deep-fryer with one-third full of vegetable oil and heat. 3.       Toss the banana slices in the extra corn flour to lightly coat. 4.       Using a bamboo skewer, dip each...

Unnakai (Banana Spindles)

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Banana Spindles (Unnakai) Preparation time: 15 min                           VEGETARIAN Cooking time: 5 min Cuisine : Indian INGREDIENTS: 1 Ripe banana (plantain-must not be too ripe) ½ cup coconut grated 2 tbsp. sugar 1 tbsp. cashew nuts (to be crushed to smaller pieces) 1 tbsp. raisins ¼tsp. cardamom powder 1/2 tsp. cinnamon powder (for garnishing) 1 tbsp. ghee Oil for deep frying PREPARATION 1.       Place the banana in a microwave oven and cook it for 2 minutes. 2.       Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool. 3.       Peel the skin out and then mash the banana with your hands. 4.       In a pan, heat the ghee. Add the crushed cashew nuts,...