Desserts and Sweets Recipes - Malabar Banana

Ingredients

• 6 cooking bananas

• 30ml/2 tbsp butter

• 2 eggs

• 150ml/1/4 pt milk

• 50g/2 oz sugar

• 15ml/1 tbsp ground almonds

• 225g/8 oz grated (shredded) coconut

• 15ml/1 tbsp raisins

• few drops of vanilla essence (extract)

• 12 cloves

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Method:

1. Steam the bananas in their skins until soft. Peel them and arrange them in a flat dish. Cut in half lengthways and remove the seeds.

2. Mash to a smooth dough with a little butter then shape into 12 balls. Beat the eggs with the milk, sugar and almonds. Stir in the coconut and raisins to blend well and add the vanilla essence.

3. Melt a little butter and scramble the egg mixture until frothy. Flatten the banana balls, pile a teaspoon of the egg mixture in the centre then shape the banana around the filling.

4. Stick a clove in the top of each ball and chill them overnight. Serve cold with cream or dip in batter and fry in hot ghee and serve hot.