Name: Small Banana Halwa recipe by Rajeshwari Shyam Bhat at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Small banana paste 2 cup; Sugar 1 1/2 cup; Cardamom seeds 1/2 tsp; Cashews few; Raisins few; Almonds finely chopped 1 tsp; Ghee 3/4 cup; Food color optional

ABOUT Small Banana Halwa RECIPE

Nendra bananas halwa is famous in Kerala and Mangalore. Here it is small over ripe bananas used to make very delicious, flavourful halwa.

Ingredients Serving: 10

Small banana paste 2 cup
Sugar 1 1/2 cup
Cardamom seeds 1/2 tsp
Cashews few
Raisins few
Almonds finely chopped 1 tsp
Ghee 3/4 cup
Food color optional

Instructions

PEEL THE BANANAS
SLICE THEM
ADD INTO MIXER GRINDER
GRIND TO FINE PASTE WITHOUT USING WATER
HEAT 2 TSP OF GHEE IN HEAVY BOTTOMED PAN
ROAST FEW CASHEWS TILL GOLDEN BROWN.
KEEP THEM ASIDE
TO THE SAME PAN POUR THE GROUND BANANA PASTE
KEEP STIRRING IN LOW FLAME
ADD A PINCH OF SALT AND MIX WELL
WHEN IT STARTS THICKENING, COMBINE SUGAR AND CARDAMOM SEEDS
STIR CONTINUOUSLY, SUGAR STARTS MELTING
BUBBLE STARTS
ADD SOME GHEE EVERY NOW AND THEN, CONTINUE STIRRING
HALWA ABSORBS GHEE
THE TEXTURE CHANGES LITTLE GLOSSY
HALWA LEAVES THE GHEE, GREASE 1 TSP FRESH GHEE TO THE TRAY
ADD ROASTED CASHEWS AND RAISINS, MIX WELL, CONTINUE STIRRING STILL 5 MORE MINUTES
TRANSFER ON TO GREASED PLATE
USING THE FLAT SPATULA LEVEL THE SURFACE
LEVEL EVENLY
SPRINKLE FINELY CHOPPED ALMONDS, PRESS IT
AFTER COOL MARK IN DESIRED SHAPE, SERVE

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