The fruit with all nutrients:

Banana is a wonder fruit with all nutrients. All people will like banana as a fruit, as a snack also as refreshment. Some of the key points which make bananas healthy and favorite are as follows:

• Banana is loaded with all nutrients required for human growth. It contains iron, proteins and also vitamins.
• Bananas are easily available and also very cheap to be made use of on a daily basis.
• Bananas have very mild taste and are very well liked by children.
• There are many different varieties available in the market. Each variety has its own specialty and effects.
• Banana tree is very easy to be grown at home. They just need minimal space to be grown.
• The banana trees apart from providing tasty fruits, it also provides vegetables which have special curative properties. Every part of the tree has some purpose and can be easily used.

Every part of the tree has a purpose:

Banana trees can be easily cultivated at home. The first is to have a small garden where you will want to plant the tree. It will not disturb any other plant.

Banana leaf:

The leaves of the banana tree are said to have nutritional properties. Thus people of south India used to have their meal on the leaf. When hot food is served on the leaf then the nutrients will get into the food and when the food is consumed then we will get the good benefits. It is also said that it will improve the glowing skin.

Keeping in mind the numerous benefits of the leaves only in the olden day’s people used the leaves as their plates for the food. Every function say a marriage will have the banana leaves to be used as plates. But nowadays people have forgotten the benefits of the leaves; they have started to eat in paper plates. So please try to revive the ancient habit so that we can improve our health naturally.

Banana stem:

The stem is very fibrous. To make use of the stem we had to cut it in a proper way and use it in making dishes like sambhar and poriyal. The stem is an ideal fiber food to reduce constipation. But it must not be consumed every day. It can be consumed for three alternate days of a week. If there some problems of dehydration then stop consuming the stem.

When making sambhars people usually use the common vegetables. As an extra ingredient the stem can be used. But during cutting the vegetables we must make it clean removing the sticky fibres. And they can be used. When making poriyals procedure is same as the other vegetables. Coconut can be used to garnish the poriyal. When served hot it will taste very good.

Banana flower:

The banana flower is an excellent product with lots of nutritional benefits. It is a specific mode of preparation. The cleaning of the flower also has a procedure that must be followed before cooking. It can also be consumed in the form of vadas and poriyals. There are traditional recipes to be followed to prepare the banana flower.

The procedure to prepare vada is same that is usually followed but add the chopped banana flowers as an extra ingredient. And mix it well then fry it in hot oil. When served hot with tea or coffee in the evening it will serve as an excellent treat for children and also youngsters. Sometimes the flowers might seem to be bitter but it will always taste good. Just give it a try at home, it will be a great treat for your taste buds.

Dry banana:

Dry banana are vegetables which are unripe which when ripens will form bananas. It is an important vegetable in every occasion in south India. Every function will have a poriyal made out of it. It will taste excellent and the benefits include purifying blood, for women it is said to improve hormone secretion.

Girls must consume the dishes made up of dry banana. It will help relieve the menstrual problems. It will help improve hormonal secretions also. After chopping the vegetables it must be used within ten minutes else it will turn black. Else you can put it in water. So that you can cook when ever want to.

One simpler recipe with the dry bananas is chips. Every child will have chips in the in list of favorites. Chips with dry bananas are very easy to prepare and very tasty also. Just peel the skin off and cut the banana into thin slices. Then put some salt and chilli powder to taste. Mix it to get some light yellow color. Then leave it for ten minutes t soak in the mix. Then heat some oil in the pan. You can either deep fry or shallow fry. Shallow fry might take some extra time and will consume less oil. Both will taste very good.

Simple recipes:

Other interesting recipes that can be prepared using bananas are as follows.

Milk shakes:

Milk shakes of banana are very easy to prepare. Take some bananas. Remove the skin and cut it into small pieces. Then put it in the mixer and grind it well. Then add cold milk to it and grind it again. When you get the consistency of a milk shake then pour it into a glass. Else add some more milk and grind it again. Then add some sugar and ice cubes. Serve it cool. Children will love the taste.

Salads:

Salads are easy recipes where all the fruits are cut into pieces and added. Then when mixed well and add some sugar and honey. For garnishing and taste some cashews also can be added and also some dry fruits. They will serve as a very healthy snack.

Some Different recipes that you can try out:

I discussed about the most common recipes that bananas can be made use of in daily life. Apart from them there are also some interesting and new recipes that can be tried at home. This will make eating habit an interesting and an excellent one. When recipes are tried with some differences in them then they all of them will like eating at home. 

I have seen so many people getting tensed when they see idlis and dosas on their plates. They feel that the same food is server every day and that will make them get bored. Basically idlis and dosas are very tasty breakfast but they tend to make people feel bored. Let us try out some alternatives in the usual recipes so that we can make the eating time and cooking time a fun time to enjoy.

Banana idli:

Mash the tomatoes into a consistency that is semi solid. Grate coconut for half a cup. Add one cup of rava. This is going to be a sweet dish. So you can either add jiggery or sugar in the amount that you prefer. When added in a mediocre quantity then it will be mild and good. Add baking soda mixed with water and also a pinch of salt. Add the above said ingredients into a mixture. Add a little water and make it to consistency on idli batter. Then pour the batter in the idli maker and steam it for ten minutes. After ten minutes, tasty banana idlis are ready to be served. Since it is a sweet dish no side dish is needed.

Banana Dosa:

The preparation procedure is same for banana dosa as idli said above. Instead of rave you can add ric e flour also.But make the batter in a thin consistency so that it can be put into dosas on the pan. Also you can some raisins and cashews. Dosa also will have a sweet taste. Thus it will serve as good evening snacks.

• Written by saranya.
• In category Nutrition.
• 11 years ago.

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