Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe
Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe with step by step pictures. Mildly sweet and chewy, this sweet dish is prepared using banana, ghee, cardamom powder and sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 large Ripe Nendran Banana / Ethan Pazham around 1 cup mashed
- ¼ cup or to taste Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
- 3 tablespoon Almonds / Badam chopped use any nuts
- ¼ teaspoon Cardamom powder / Yelakai Podi
Instructions
- Peel and mash the ripe banana using a fork. Grease a plate with ghee and set aside.
- Heat 1 tblspn of ghee in a nonstick pan, add in the nuts and fry till golden. Drain them and set aside.
- In the same ghee add in the mashed banana and saute for a min.
- Add in sugar and mix well.
- Keep cooking till the mix gets thick. Now add in a teaspoon of ghee at a time and keep cooking.
- At a point the halwa will get glossy.
- Add in cardamom powder and fried nuts. Mix well.
- Pour this into a greased plate and smoothen the top. Let this cool down.
- Cut into pieces and enjoy.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
114
% Daily Value*
Fat
8
g
12
%
Saturated Fat
5
g
31
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
2
g
Cholesterol
19
mg
6
%
Sodium
0.3
mg
0
%
Potassium
0.3
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
12
g
4
%
Sugar
12
g
13
%
Protein
0.02
g
0
%
Calcium
0.1
mg
0
%
Iron
0.01
mg
0
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.