Saturday, February 22, 2020

Nenthrampalam halwa ( Banana halwa)

On the MahaShivratri night, one of the prasad was boiled nenthrampalam, it is a variety that you get mainly in Kerala, long,yellow banana, with its unique taste. The raw one is used to make chips.
Sadly, the bananas given weren't fully ripe. Since many residents left early, there were lots of banana left over, so those working were asked to take more, so, it doesn't get wasted. Each banana is cut into 3 pieces to be boiled. I got 9 pieces, I kept it in the fridge, as I was too tired to do anything with them. So, yesterday, I mashed the bananas well and made halwa, it got done within 20 minutes.

Ingredients
bananas 3 mashed ( you can do the same with the usual green bananas that is easily available)
gur / vellam about 1/2 cup or to taste
ghee 2 tbsp
nuts 2 tbsp
cardamom pdr 1/2 tsp

Method
mash the bananas well. In a heavy bottom pan / kadai or pressure pan, add 1 tbsp ghee, fry nuts and keep aside, add the mashed bananas, keep cooking for 2-3 minutes, stirring well, add the gur, keep stirring till the gur has melted and the mixture becomes thick, add another tbsp ghee, mix well, once it leaves the sides of the pan,  remove, add nuts, mix well, I spread it on ungreased plate, you may lightly grease a plate and spread, let it cool, you can cut into pieces.

ps- in case you use green ripe bananas, no need of boiling it, just mash it well and follow the same procedure.
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