Banana Halwa

It was one of those days when the smell of over-ripe bananas drove me nuts. That's when i came across the halwa recipe. It reminded me of the halwas my grandma used to prepare during summer hols. So here is the recipe for all those halwa-lovers out there

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas
1 cup whole milk
1 cup jaggery or powdered sugar
5 cardamom crushed
1/2 cup ghee or butter
Raisins & nuts as required

Method

1. Peel and mash bananas into small pieces. Remember if you are using plantain, make sure you steam them in a pressure cooker until they are well cooked
2. In a heavy bottom pan, boil milk with sugar until sugar melts completely. Then add bananas and keep stirring. Cook until the milk has been used up.
3. Stir cardamom powder into the above mixture. Add ghee so that the halwa leaves the sides of the pan
4. Keep stirring until the mixture turns little brown
5. Grease a glass plate or bowl with ghee and spread the mixture evenly
6. Decorate the halwa with raisins and cashews