Banana Halwa or Banana Fudge is a traditional and classic, chewy, and flourless sweet recipe prepared using four ingredients from your kitchen. One of the best recipe to try if you have overripe bananas at home. This recipe is also known as Mangalore Banana halwa or Kerala style Nenthra pazham halwa. In konkani we call it kele halvo.
The banana halwa’s color, taste, and texture varies depending on the type of banana used and how ripe it is, and whether sugar or jaggery is used in the recipe. The overripe bananas are the ones that will give you the best results.
Ingredients6 Long overripe Bananas
1/4 cup Ghee or Brown butter
1/2 cup Sugar (adjust to taste)
1/4 cup Cashews chopped
1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
Method* In a blender, add bananas and blend them to a smooth paste. Blending gives a smoother consistency to your halwa. You can also mash the bananas instead of blending if you desire a chunky halwa.
* Add ghee and pureed banana in a pan and continuously stir on medium-low flame for about 15 minutes. The banana will be cook during this process, and the mixture slowly starts changing its color.
* At this point, add sugar based on the sweetness of banana, cashews and continue to stir. The color and texture of halwa changes during this process.
* Around 25 minutes mark, i.e., after adding sugar, the mixture becomes thick, sticky, and leaves the sides of the pan. Switch off the flame.
* Transfer this to a greased plate or plate lined with parchment paper and spread the halwa to desired thickness.
* Once it cools down completely, cut them into desired size and shape. Serve and enjoy.