MILLET BANANA HALWA
A healthy and delicious dessert pudding made of ripe bananas, millet flour and ghee. A quick, easy and Perfect dessert for any festive occasion.
Servings: 3 people
Ingredients
- ½ cup Bajri flour / Pearl millet flour
- ½ cup Ragi flour / Finger millet flour
- 3 Ripe bananas
- ¼ cup Ghee
- 1 pod Cardamom crushed coarsely
- 1 pinch Nutmeg powder
- 10 Cashews optional
Instructions
- Peel the ripe bananas and mash them using a fork to a smooth consistency and open cardamom pod and crush the seeds coarsely using a rolling pin/mortar & pestle.
- Heat a thick bottomed pan/non stick pan add the ghee and once it hot, add in chopped cashews and roast them until golden brown and transfer them to a plate later.
- Now add the Millet flours in the same pan and roast on low-medium flame for 5-10 min until raw smell goes off and nice nutty aroma is achieved.
- Now add in the mashed banana puree and give it a nice stir and roast until it is caramelized and start oozing the ghee out.
- Finally add in crushed cardamom seeds, roasted cashews and very tiny pinch of grated nutmeg and give it a nice stir.
Notes
1. Addition of nutmeg is completely optional and you can omit it according to your preference.
2. I have used only cashews here, you can also add in some almonds, charoli seeds, raisins to make it even more rich.
3. It tastes best when it is warm.