Any cool way to cook banana flower/stem?!
Answers:
Both banana flower and banana stem are rich in fiber and are very good for the health.You can make a dish with banana flowers and lentils called kootu .The link shows you how to use banana flower and also the recipe with picture
http://www.padhuskitchen.com/2009/08/pla…
Banana stem prepared with yogurt which is very delicious
http://www.padhuskitchen.com/2010/01/pla…
Hope this will help you.
Banana Stem Salad
6" of the inner most core of the banana plant
1 onion cut into thin rings
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cup thick creamy curds
1/2 tsp. coriander seeds, broiled
1/2 tsp. cumin seeds, broiled
1 apple, chopped with the skin on
1 cucumber, skinned, chopped and cubed
1 tsp. black pepper powder
1 lettuce leaves, washed and dried
1 beetroot, boiled and cubed
2 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped
Salt
2 tsps. olive oil
? Clean the stem carefully by removing the fibres between 2 layers of stem. Then cut the stem pieces thin and round and soak in buttermilk water for a long time, at least 2 hours, after which, you drain the pieces and place them in a glass bowl, and salt them lightly.
? Apply salt to the onion rings and set aside. Do the same for the cucumbers and the tomatoes.
? Arrange the lettuce leaves along the sides of the bowl. Mix the apple pieces, beetroot, cucumber and tomato pieces in another bowl. Taste for salt. Then add in the onion rings and the broiled cumin and coriander seeds. Mix well. Add the banana stem pieces also. Then pile the whole raw vegetable mixture in the centre of the decorated bowl.
? Whisk the curds well and add some salt and pepper and then pour it over the mixed vegetable. Chill for 2 hours before eating.
http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/banana-stem-s…
I've tried this recipe before. It was delicious,
Sri Lanken Banana Flower Soup
http://www.suite101.com/content/banana-f…
I'm a personal chef.
youshould go for only hot ways to cook not cool ways