Nendran banana halwa / Kerala banana halwa

My mother is an expert in preparing nendran banana halwa. When she came home recently along with home grown nendran bananas, I was very happy to prepare banana halwa with her. Please try this yummy sweet and share your feedback. Please note that it takes minimum one hour time to cook, but its worth the effort.

Time it takes depends on the quantity you cook too though. I prefer cooking little large quantifies and distributing to neighbors and relatives when I cook such yummy stuff.

Ingredients

Ripe Nendran banana pulp - 8 cups
Sugar - 4 cups
Ghee - 2 cups

Method

Use ripe nendran banana. Peel off the skin. Chop into small pieces and grind them using mixer grinder without adding water.

Heat a thick bottomed kadai. Add nendran banana pulp and sugar. Mix well. Keep on stirring for about 15 minutes. Then start adding ghee every 5 to 7 minutes and continue to cook by keeping on stirring.

Meanwhile apply the ghee on two plates and keep it ready

It takes about one hour to get properly cooked. Color turns brown and contents starts not sticking to the bottom of the vessel. Switch off the flame and transfer the contents on to the ghee applied plate. Allow it to cool down.

Cut into square / diamond pieces. 

Since it has been cooked very well, it can stay for more than a week without refrigerating. 

Nendran banana halwa, Nendra banana halwa, nendra bale hannina halwa, balehannina halwa, banana halwa