Kerala x USA

Nendran bananas Foster

Name: Nendran bananas Foster
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: 2 ripe nendran peeled ripe plantain (ripe nendran banana); 3 tbsp butter; 1/3 cup grated jaggery; 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder; a pinch cardamom; 1/4 cup thick coconut milk; a pinch salt; 1 tsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp cashews; 1 tbsp desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut); 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

New Orleans' favourite pan dessert, but the bananas came from a Kerala chip shop's back door.

20 minTime

5 gProtein each

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The original

465kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

20minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Ripe plantain (ripe nendran banana)2 ripe nendran, peeled

Butter3 tbsp

Jaggery⅓ cup, grated

Cinnamon powder¼ tsp

Cardamoma pinch

Thick coconut milk¼ cup

Salta pinch

Lemon juice1 tsp

Cashews2 tbsp

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)1 tbsp

Vanilla ice cream4 scoops

Method

6 steps

1Toast the cashews and coconut in a dry pan on medium heat for 2 minutes. Set aside.
2Cut the nendran in half lengthways, then into 8 cm pieces.
3Melt the butter and jaggery in a wide pan on medium heat for 3 minutes. Stir in the cinnamon and cardamom.
4Lay the plantain in the caramel, cut side down. Cook 2 minutes a side on medium heat, spooning caramel over.
5Pour in the coconut milk, add the salt and lemon juice and simmer 1 minute.
6Serve hot over the ice cream, topped with the toasted cashews and coconut.

Serve it like this

Lay two caramel plantain pieces crossed on a warm plate beside a scoop of ice cream. Spoon the sauce over and scatter cashews and coconut.

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Nendran bananas Foster

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