Tasty Nibbles Banana Powder 200 Gr

Description

Tasty Nibbles Banana Powder 200 Gr is unripe nendran plantain, dried and milled. Made from green fruit rather than ripe, it is starchy and only faintly sweet.

In Kerala it is the first solid food many babies are given, cooked into a thin porridge with water or milk, and it is given to anyone recovering from a stomach upset for the same reason, that it is bland and easy. It also thickens a curry and goes into some gluten free baking, where it behaves much like a starch.

Does it taste of banana? Barely. It is made from green plantain, so it is starchy and mild rather than sweet. Anyone expecting a banana flavouring for cakes will be disappointed.

How do you make the porridge? One to two teaspoons whisked into cold water first, then simmered and stirred for five minutes until it thickens, with milk, jaggery or salt added at the end. Always mix into cold liquid, because it lumps instantly in hot.

Another starchy powder on the shelf, Top Op arrowroot powder, does a similar thickening job, and the remainder of the range here carries the rice flours and starches. Vegetarian. Store it in a cool, dry place in a sealed container, because flour takes up damp and picks up the smell of whatever sits beside it. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.