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The Banana & Human Diet Information
1. Bananas are a good source of dietary fibre, Vitamin C, vitamin A and potassium.
A banana may contain more potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, Vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, Niacin, and
[more] ascorbic acid than an apple!
2. Bananas with a high sugar content are usually eaten raw.
Bananas with high starch content (plantains), are usually cooked.
3. Banana leaves can be used for wrapping fish, meat or chicken to be steamed, poached, grilled or barbecued. [The stems are also a good source of starch and thus a good background ingredient for curries etc.]
The stems and leaves can be used for plates, wrapping, umbrellas and cattle feed [and animal fodder].
4. The fibres can be used to make a batik cloth [and in a range of other textile applications].
5. The banana blossom (banana inflorescence), can be eaten after peeling off the outer leaves.
It can be cooked in curries or soups.
The male banana flower can be boiled and eaten as a vegetable.
However, depending on the variety, the flower may have too high oxalic content and so are too astringent for most people.
6. Simple Banana Bread
Cream together in a bowl 113 g softened, butter, 1 cup sugar or coconut sugar, 3 eggs.
Add 3 very ripe large mashed bananas.
Sift together the following dry ingredient: 2 cups flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1.2 tsp. salt.
Then add to the creamed mixture alternately with 3 tsp., buttermilk and 1/2 tsp. vanilla.
Stir until just combined.
Fold in the 1/2 cup chopped pecan nuts.
Pour into greased and parchment lined loaf pan.
Bake at 180oC in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean when tested.
Cool in pan briefly then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
Keeps well if refrigerated.
7. Use central core of the banana bell, the tender immature flowers and bracts for salads and as a cooked vegetable.
8. Banana flower salad
Use flower or bells only from a chemical-free source.
Discard the tough outer leaves from a banana flower, then finely shred the rest.
Keep the outer shells for serving.
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a wok or frypan over high heat.
Add 1 onion, seeded and chopped red chilli, 2 cloves, crushed garlic, 1 tablespoon shredded ginger.
Cook for 3 minutes or until golden.
Add shredded banana flower and cook for 8 - 10 minutes or until banana flower is tender.
When shredding the flower keep in lemon juice and water to stop it browning till you have finished shredding when ready dry on a paper towel.
Add 500g lean rump steak, or chicken breast, or prawns or fish and cook for 5 minutes or until sealed.
Add 2 tablespoons lime juice and 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and cook for 2 minutes.
Toss through 3 tablespoons mint and 3 tablespoons coriander and serve.
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