Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Banana Halwa

Hi all,

Greetings from Bangalore! Its been close to three months since we moved, these last couple of weeks has been crazy. My kids started school and we are slowly settling into the routine. I finally managed to find some time for myself and couldn't wait to get back to my blog world.

A few days ago, I heard about this recipe from my aunt, tasted it and loved it. It is very similar to banana sajjige (popularly known as satyanarayana prasada)that we make, but uses wheat flour instead of rava/sooji. Easy to prepare, tastes good and makes a great quick snack for the kids.


Ingredients:

1 cup wheat flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup ghee
2 ripened bananas
cashews and raisins for garnish

Method:

Cut the bananas into thin slices and keep aside. Roast the wheat flour on a low flame until light golden brown. Roast the cashews until golden brown and keep aside. Add the remaining ingredients to the flour and mix well. Cook until the mixture comes together in a halwa like consistency. This takes around 10 minutes. Switch off the flame and serve warm.

Serves 5

NOTE: Bananas can either be sliced, cut into small pieces or mashed. The wheat flour has to be dry roasted on a low flame until you get a good aroma.

6 comments:

Springbird said...

hi Arathi,

welcome back to the blog...iam very happy to see your first entry from namma bangalore.Love it nice clip.

Ann said...

Welcome back!~ This recipe sounds awesome and totally new to me. What a nice idea to do with wheat flour..Sounds so yum

Preeti said...

Welcome back Aarthi ... Glad to know you are getting back to a normalcy :)This dish is totally new ... definately worth giving a try :) Keep blogging...

Arathi Sridhar said...

Thanks all for your comments. Yes, it was something new that I had not heard before. So decided to give it a try..am glad I did - tastes really good!

Shilpa Sunny said...

I was looking for Banana recipe, and found this. Will try this soon. Welcome back and thanks for the recipe.

Arathi Sridhar said...

Thanks SHilpa..