List of banana dishes facts for kids
This is a list of banana dishes and foods in which banana or plantain is used as a primary ingredient. A banana is an edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains. The fruit is variable in size, color and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant.
Banana dishes
- Alloco
- Banana boat
- Banana bread
- Banoffee pie
- Banana cake
- Banana chip
- Banana cue
- Banana flour
- Banana fritters
- Banana ketchup
- Banana pancakes
- Banana pasta
- Banana pudding
- Banana à la Alison
- Banana roll
- Banana salad
- Banana split
- Bananas Foster
- Bánh chuối
- Barongko – a Makassar steamed banana mashed with egg, coconut milk, sugar, and salt. It is wrapped in the banana leaf.
- Boli
- Cayeye
- Chapo
- Chifle
- Es pisang ijo
- Flying Jacob
- Fried plantain
- Frozen banana
- Fufu
- Ginanggang
- Ginataang saba
- Jemput-jemput
- Kek pisang
- Kelyacha Halwa
- Kelyacha Shikaran
- Kolak pisang
- Ledre – a Bojonegoro rolled banana crepe.
- Mangú
- Maruya
- Matoke
- Minatamis na saging
- Mofongo
- Nagasari
- Nilagang saging
- Nilupak na saging
- Pinakro
- Pinasugbo
- Pisang cokelat
- Pisang epe – a Makassar grilled banana with toppings.
- Pisang plenet – a Semarang flattened banana with toppings.
- Plantain soup
- Poke
- Pritong saging
- Rellenitos de plátano
- Tacacho
- Tostones
- Turon
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Banana ketchup is a popular Philippine condiment made from mashed banana, sugar, vinegar, and spices.
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Homemade banana pudding served with vanilla wafers
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Bánh chuối is a sweet banana cake or bread pudding that originated in Vietnam.
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Mofongo is a fried plantain-based dish from Puerto Rico.