Exotic Banana Boat

Name: Exotic Banana Boat
Total time: 720 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 Ripe Kerala banana (Plantain); 1/2 cup grated Coconut; 1/4 cup Cashew nuts (unsalted); 1/4 cup Raisins; 1/4 cup Cherries; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon Cardamom powder; 3– 4 tablespoon Vegetable Ghee; As needed Garnish: Cherries

Inish Issac @InishKitchen

#midnight
“Exotic Plantain Boats” is a healthy and filling snack prepared by stuffing in fresh coconut and assorted nuts into the plantains and then saute them in ghee for midnight cravings. This is a good way to incorporate fruits for snacks and desserts and it is quick to prepare for such cravings.

Inish Issac @InishKitchen

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Ingredients

12 minutes

3 servings

3 Ripe Kerala banana (Plantain)
1/2 cupgrated Coconut
1/4 cupCashew nuts (unsalted)
1/4 cupRaisins
1/4 cupCherries
1 tbspbrown sugar
1/4 teaspoonCardamom powder
3– 4 tablespoon Vegetable Ghee
As neededGarnish: Cherries

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Steps

12 minutes

1

Chop the cashew nuts into smaller pieces. In a non-stick pan, heat about 1 teaspoon of ghee and fry the chopped nuts. Fry the raisins too in the same ghee. When they have swollen, drain and keep aside. In the below picture, i chopped the nuts after frying it, which i don't recommend.
2

In the remaining ghee, on the lowest flame, roast the grated coconut along with sugar until it is caramelized to light brown and coconut start releasing a nice nutty aroma. Remove from the pan and keep aside. Adding honey is optional.
3

Combine all the three roasted items together along with half the quantity of cherries. Reserve the remaining cherries for the final garnish.
4

Now take the Plantains, one at a time and make long narrow incisions length-wise, but do not slit it full.
5

Spoon in 2 tbsp of roasted mixture into the incision, slowly pushing them inside with both your thumb, to allow more place for the mixture. Repeat, till you are done with all the bananas.
6

In the same non-stick pan, add more ghee/oil and shallow fry these bananas with the incision side down first.
7

Serve it and garnish with some more Cherries, drizzle some honey or chocolate sauce and make it's look stunning.