Bananas Bombay Food

BANANAS BOMBAY

Steps:

• in a sauce pan(slightly greased with butter) on medium heat- add in orange juice and brown sugar. Amounts in the recipe are not exact, use to taste. Stir the mixture into a sauce (shouldnt be very thick but not runny).
• cut bananas into bite size pieces and add to sauce mixture. Coat well.
• squeeze the juice of the lemon (and orange) into the pan, mix well. Add more sugar if the mixture becomes too runny.
• add in vanilla, cinnamon and any other spice you would like to add in (I've used nutmeg with peaches before)stir well.
• add in rum, turn off the kitchen lights and light the bananas (when in doubt, use less rum than needed and repeat process until the desired flavor is obtained).
• let it burn out (use a metal spoon to slightly stir) and take off heat.
• serve over vanilla ice cream.

BOMBAY LAMB WITH LENTILS AND BANANA RAITA

Steps:

• Combine the spices and oil in a large bowl and add the lamb, mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate for about 3 hours or overnight.
• Combine the lentils, stock and garlic in a medium pan, bring to the boil and simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes until the lentils are tender.
• Cook the lamb in batches in a large heated oiled pan until browned both sides and cooked to your liking.
• Banana Raita: Melt butter and sugar in a medium pan and cook the banana slices until browned lightly and soft.
• Combine the bananas with the yogurt in a medium bowl.
• Serve lamb and lentils with the banana raita.

BOMBAY FISH STEAMED IN BANANA LEAVES

Steps:

• Make sauce:
• Mince garlic and, wearing protective gloves, mince serranos. In a blender purée all sauce ingredients until smooth.
• If using banana leaves, cut away ribs and in a large bowl of hot water soften leaves 1 minute to help keep them from splitting. Cut six 8-inch squares from leaves. On a work surface arrange 1 leaf square and pat dry. Spread 1 teaspoon herb sauce down middle of square to equal length of a piece of fish and arrange piece, skin side down, on sauce. Spread 1 tablespoon sauce over piece. Fold top and bottom edges of leaf over piece and fold sides of leaf over piece, enclosing it. Arrange packet, seam sides down, in a bamboo steamer or on a large steamer rack. Make 5 more packets in same manner and arrange in steamer or on rack.
• Steam packets over boiling water, covered, until fish is just cooked through, about 8 minutes. Serve fish immediately.