Nendrabale is a type of Plantain widely grown in Kerala, South India. The ripe fruit is steamed and served during breakfast or can be eaten as a dessert after lunch or dinner.
Time Required: 10 Minutes
Ingredients:
2 ripe Nendrabale/Banana
For serving: (Optional)
Liquid Jaggery or Honey
Freshly grated Coconut
Method:
Cut the Banana into 4 pieces and place them in a cooker vessel.
Steam for 7 minutes along with the skin.
Remove to a serving tray. On a serving plate, spread some liquid Jaggery (Yoni Bella). Slit the center of the steamed Banana piece and stuff with fresh grated coconut.
Place this over the liquid Jaggery, sprinkle some Cardamom powder
You can also serve the steamed Banana along with the skin. You must peel before eating.
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I would like to use your recipe for Kerala steamed bananas on a new website I will be making soon. I would of course give you credit and that would be free advertising for you. My web site will be for a children’s book that takes place in Kerala. Few questions: the Nendrabale banana, is it sweet? Where I live, plantain-type bananas are not. They are more like a potato in flavor. Could you clear that up for me. Also, some recipes I’ve seen include adding something like jiggery. I may have the name wrong, but what is that? Any… Read more »
Hi June,
Sure, you can used the recipe. The Nendrabale Banana is very popular in Kerala and the Banana is Sweet with a hint of sourness. It is extremely tasty and very good for health.
Jaggery is an unrefined healthy sweetener produced using concentrated sugarcane juice.
Read more: http://www.itslife.in/2009/02/jaggery
Hope this helps.
The best,
Shantha