bottom

Nov
23
2011

 

Kaumudi Marathé is a journalist and chef from Maharashtra, India.  She founded Un-Curry, a cooking school and catering company in Southern California in 2007 to shatter the myth that all Indian food is curry.  Her California Indian style of cooking blends local, seasonal, fresh, organic ingredients with spices and techniques from her homeland.

Kelyacha Shira (Cardamom-Scented Bananas)

In Maharashtra, where I come from, this is a popular and nutritious snack for people who are fasting.  It is simple and quick! You can make it with different kinds of ripe, firm bananas or with sweet potatoes, which work great for Thanksgiving dinner.

With bananas, this tastes like an Indian Bananas Foster.  With sweet potatoes it is a great alternative to candied yams or marshmallow topped sweet potato mash! And it makes a deliciously indulgent dessert served with cardamom whipped cream.

Serves 4
Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

6-8 medium-ripe bananas (or 3-4 sweet potatoes, peeled)
4 tablespoons clarified butter (ghee)
1-2 cloves (optional)

up to 3/4 cup granulated sugar
2-3 cardamoms, powdered
pinch of salt

1.  Slice bananas into 1-inch thick rounds.  (Or grate sweet potato with the large holes of a box grater.  Or slice it thinly.)

2.  Heat ghee in a skillet.  Add cloves and stir briefly.

3.  Add the bananas gently to avoid mashing them.  Cook covered, 30 seconds to 1 minute.  If using sweet potato, sauté it 2-3 minutes, then cook covered (5-7 minutes), stirring occasionally.

4.  After 1 minute for bananas (5-6 minutes for sweet potato), stir in the sugar, a little at a time.  Taste the dessert before adding in all the sugar. 

5.  Stir and continue cooking, 1-4 minutes more, till the sugar bubbles and slightly caramelizes.  The banana / sweet potato should be tender.

6.  Stir in cardamom.  Serve hot as a snack or for breakfast.  Serve cool for dessert.

© The Essential Marathi Cookbook
by Kaumudi Marathé, Penguin India, 2009
www.un-curry.com
Un-Curry on Facebook

 

Share:

You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

18 Responses to “Kelyacha Shira :: Cardamom-Scented Bananas”

  1. Wilbur Friedeck Says:

    Spot on with this write-up, I seriously think this amazing site needs far more attention. I’ll probably be back again to read more, thanks for the info!

  2. Vernon Steinmuller Says:

    Wonderful article! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the great writing.

  3. revitol cream Says:

    Quite nice, quality images. And now after i observed out what “luka bob” indicates I am additional joyful .br /It would ne fantastic for Tome Ze for being in other languages very, rather then just in english.

  4. related web site Says:

    What a funny blog! I truly enjoyed watching this humorous video with my family as well as including my colleagues.

  5. strona www Says:

    I’ll immediately grab your rss feed as I can not to find your e-mail subscription link or e-newsletter service. Do you’ve any? Kindly allow me recognize so that I could subscribe. Thanks.

  6. prom dresses and gowns Says:

    Circumvent the ones fancy substances that can cause itching or else experience scorching hot and / or possess the probablity concerning breaking.

  7. michael kors grayson monogram satchel Says:

    I gotta favorite this website it seems very beneficial very helpful

  8. sparkle prom dresses Says:

    Some of the attire should still have actually phrases on them given that haven’t ever happened to be worn out.

  9. Natalie Weber Says:

    I’ve just posted anything about you on my twitter account, I truly appreciated the study and hope you are going to post even more. one more question, have you been on facebook? I will add you like a close friend. Thanks!

  10. viagra Says:

    check out our viagra website agasap today dfij as you know great

  11. Nicholas Lagrasse Says:

    Greetings from Ohio! I’m bored to tears at work so I decided to browse your website on my iphone during lunch break. I enjoy the knowledge you present here and can’t wait to take a look when I get home. I’m amazed at how quick your blog loaded on my mobile .. I’m not even using WIFI, just 3G .. Anyhow, fantastic blog!

  12. san antonio bail bonds Says:

    An intriguing discussion could possibly be worth comment. I’m confident you must compose a lot far more about this subject, might well be described as a taboo topic but commonly people are as well tiny to chat on such topics. An extra. Cheers

  13. term loans Says:

    I’m extremely impressed along with your writing skills neatly as with the format on your blog. Is this a paid topic matter or did you customize it your self? Anyway preserve up the good high high quality writing, it is uncommon to peer a nice blog like this one particular these days.

  14. bail bondsman san antonio Says:

    Hello! I ran into your web-site utterly by mistake, and am actually glad I did! This really is very interesting, and I can tell you have spent some time studying this. Thanks!

  15. Porous Pavers Rochester Ny Says:

    Good way of telling, and nice piece of writing to get facts about my presentation subject matter, which i am going to present in academy.

  16. samsung camera Says:

    I can see that you are putting a a lot of efforts into your blog site. Keep posting the great operate.Some really helpful data in there. Bookmarked. Wonderful to see your site. Thanks!

  17. Tesha Hassan Says:

    I have recently started a blog, the info you offer on this website has helped me greatly. Thanks for all of your time & work.

  18. Irek Wczasy Says:

    Magnificent site. A lot of useful info here. I’m sending it to some buddies ans additionally sharing in delicious. And of course, thanks on your sweat!

Leave a Reply