Banana Halwa is a very delicious sweet which is also easy to prepare. In this recipe we have used caramelized sugar which adds a nice flavor and also natural reddish brown color to the sweet.

Ingredients

Banana ripe  – 3 nos.

Corn flour    – 1/4 cup

Ghee           – 1/4 cup approx.

Sugar          – 1/2 cup

Water         – 3/4 cup

Cardamom powder  – 1/2 tsp

Cashew nuts            – 1 tbsp

Cooking time           : 20 min

Procedure

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Step 1

Take 3 nos. ripe banana. Peel off the outer skin. Chop the peeled banana to small pieces and mash in a mixie.

Transfer 1 cup mashed banana to mixie jar. Add corn flour 1/4 cup and sugar 1/4 cup and grind the ingredients.

Step 2 – caramelization-sugar

Take sugar 1/4 cup in a pan and add 10 ml water. Keep Stove in low flame. Avoid stirring often. allow sugar to melt completely. Continue for approx. 1 min to get reddish brown color. Sugar is caramelized. It takes approx. 7-8min. Now keep stove in low flame. Take 3/4 cup water but add little qty water slowly for temperature to reduce and then add balance water.

Step 3

Add mashed banana. Keep stove in medium flame and stir continuously. Add ghee 3-4 times in small quantities( total 1/4 cup). Then add cardamom powder 1/2 tsp and cashew nut pieces 1 tbsp. Once the mixture thickens, transfer to greased plate.

Step 4

Flatten it and cool to room temp. Once cooled,make pieces. Delicious Banana Halwa ready