South African Curried Banana Salad Food

SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED BANANA SALAD

Steps:

• add olive oil to frying pan and heat on medium heat.
• add onions and sweat for 8 minutes.
• add tomatoes and heat until saucy.
• combine vinegar, cornstarch, sugar and curry powder and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• add jam and combine with tomato mixture.
• allow to cool and reserve until ready to complete salad.
• add mixture to bananas and serve over a bed of fresh spinach.

SPICY BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the sunflower oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onions, and cook until the onions have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle in the curry powder, cumin, turmeric, salt, sugar, ginger, chili powder, cinnamon, and black pepper. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir in the curry paste and pressed garlic. Cook for about 1 minute. Pour in the tomato sauce and yogurt, and bring to a simmer. Stir in the diced banana, and simmer gently for 3 minutes. Mix in chopped tomatoes, and continuing to simmer 1 minute more. Stir in the coconut flakes just before serving.