Banana Sweet Food

FRIED SWEET BANANAS

Steps:

• Cut each banana half into 3 or 4 pieces.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a shallow bowl.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat; add banana slices and cook until golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer banana slices to a paper towel-lined plate. Coat banana slices, 1 at a time, with cinnamon-sugar.

BANANA SWEET

Steps:

• Put the sugar in a sauce pan and let it melt at medium heat until a brown color. Be careful so it doesn't burn.
• Add the water and it will make the sugar get harder. with a long spoon dissolve it until completely liquid.
• Add the bananas, bring it to boil increasing the heat and then lower it to simmer for 2 hours. It's ready when the bananas are reddish brown color.
• Enjoy it!
• Hints: Because it's too sweet to be served alone, I like to put on top of toasts or cakes You can also serve it with table cream (very popular in Brazil) or cream cheese.
• Some people add cinnamon to this recipe, but you can always add it later on top.

SWEET BANANA ROLLS

Steps:

• In a saute pan over medium heat, melt butter and add brown sugar. Add the banana pieces and allow to brown on both sides.
• In a small bowl combine the sour cream and the confectioners' sugar.
• To assemble, place crepe on plate and thinly spread with banana mixture. Thinly spread dollop of sour cream mixture and sprinkle with toasted almonds. Wrap crepe tightly to create rolled layers. Dust with confectioners' sugar and sprinkle with crushed toasted almonds.
• In a blender place water, milk and eggs and mix. Add sugar, salt, flour and butter. Mix until smooth. Let batter rest for 30 minutes.
• Heat a seasoned crepe pan over medium heat. Ladle 1-ounce batter into pan and angle pan so that batter spreads to edges of pan. Let cook about 45 seconds and turn over. Cook about 30 seconds more. Remove to cool. Stack between sheets of waxed paper.

WHIPPED SWEET POTATOES AND BANANAS WITH HONEY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, put them in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Toss the bananas into the pan and continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes, until both the bananas and potatoes are very soft. Remove the pan from the oven but don't turn the oven off.
• When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Peel the bananas and add them to the bowl along with 1 stick of the butter, and the honey. Season with salt and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until everything's well combined and the mixture is fluffy. Spoon into an oven-proof serving bowl and smooth the top.
• In a separate mixing bowl, use your fingers to rub together the remaining stick of butter, the brown sugar, flour, and pecans until the mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the sweet potatoes and return to the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the crumbs are golden. Serve hot.

BANANA SWEET PURI

Steps:

• Sieve two flours together and mix thoroughly.
• Rub butter/ghee to the flours.
• Peel and mash the banana to fine paste.
• Add it in the flour.
• Make a light sugar syrup (sugar should get bubbles. after dissolving in water) with adding 1/4 cup of water.
• Now add cardamom powder and the above flour mixture, (pouring little by little).
• Make a fine pliable dough and prepare walnut sized balls,without any cracks.
• Make each ball like a small puri,and deep fry them to golden brown colour.
• In a wide plate sprinkle poppy seeds/sesame seeds.
• Place the sweet puris directly over them, turn the other side, check whether the seeds are properly applied or not.
• Serve hot or cold.

MOIST AND DELICIOUS BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Combine the oil, eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla, and mashed bananas.
• Add the baking soda and flour.
• Combine well for 2-3 minutes.
• Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake in a preheated 325 degree F oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

SWEET POTATO BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Well grease 2 dozen muffin tins.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour,sugar,baking powder,allspice,salt.
• In a large bowl, combine potatoes,melted butter bananas,eggs and milk, blend well.
• Add to flour mixture and stir,add pecans and stir just till blended.
• Fill cups 2/3 full.
• Bake 400 for 20 minutes.

BANANA SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan cook sweet potatoes, covered, in enough boiling salted water to cover for 30-40 minutes or until tender; drain.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Peel potatoes; mash on low speed of electric mixer (do not add butter or milk).
• Add banana, butter or margarine, lemon peel, and salt. Beat until fluffy.
• Add yolks; beat well. Carefully fold stiff-beaten egg whites into potato mixture; turn into a buttered 1 1/2-quart casserole.
• Bake, covered, at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes; uncover and bake 25 minutes.