Red Bananas with Cardamom

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Tips

  • Look for a salmon-hued flesh. This means that the banana is ripe.
  • You can eat this banana by itself, but these are great for baking.
  • Red bananas are a great source of Vitamin C and amino acids.
  • These are also known as Cuban Reds, Jamaican Reds, or Indro Bananas.

Ingredients (serves 4)

  • 4 small red bananas
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup chopped jaggery or ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice from 1 medium lime
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom seeds, removed from pods and ground
  • 1 quart vanilla ice cream

Directions

  1. Peel bananas and cut in half lengthwise. Set aside.
  2. In 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
  3. Cook jaggery in butter, stirring gently, until dissolved.
  4. Stir in bananas, lime juice and ground cardamom. Reduce heat.
  5. Cover and simmer 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until bananas are tender.
  6. Scoop ice cream into 4 bowls.
  7. Spoon bananas and sauce over ice cream.
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