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Home » SWEETS » Banana halwa recipe, with jaggery

Banana halwa recipe, with jaggery

October 18, 2018 by Raks Anand 6 Comments / Jump to Recipe

Banana halwa with simple ingredients available at home. Learn how to make banana halwa step by step pictures and detailed method.

Since it’s festival time and I have kept golu, I got a huge number of fruits by the guests. Some banana were frozen and made milkshake with bournvita, some ate as such and still had loads of banana to finish. One bunch of Dole long variety banana was getting over ripen. So I was thinking of trying some sweet.

I recently saw banana halwa from Divya’s cookbook. It was kerala style banana halwa with nendran banana with simply sugar and ghee. I knew the same method could be adapted to prepare with regular banana too.  Though there are various methods to prepare banana halwa, the one she shared was really easy method as well as tempting. So decided to try it out. I was not even very confident as the measurement were given in weight whereas I added in cup measurements roughly. Also I used jaggery in place of sugar. So was skeptical about the result.

It turned out so yummy and flavourful. Actually when I hear about banana sheera, I used to think how the banana would smell in a sheera. Same thoughts about halwa. But it was totally different from the way I had imagined.
With jaggery and cardamom, there was no trace of banana flavour over powering the halwa. It was really good. I was so tempted to use coconut oil for preparing the halwa somehow, but first time did not want to test.
I am sure many of you will love this recipe both because of its simplicity as well as the way banana’s put in use.

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Banana halwa

Banana halwa with simple ingredients available at home. Learn how to make banana halwa step by step pictures and detailed method.
Course Sweets
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 6
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • Banana – 5 long variety
  • Jaggery – 1 & 1/4 cup crushed
  • Sugar – 1/4 cup unrefined
  • Lemon juice – 1 tsp
  • Ghee – 4 tbsp
  • Cashew nuts – 10
  • Cardamom – 1 powdered

Instructions

  • Peel banana and puree it in a blender. I got 2 & 1/4 cups.
  • In a heavy bottomed vessel, heat banana puree with jaggery, sugar.
  • Once it starts boiling, add lemon juice. This gives a nice taste as well as prevents turning burfi.
  • Once it turns glossy, start adding ghee one tbsp at a time.
  • Let the mixture thicken. First it starts to leave sides.
  • As you keep cooking and add ghee, at one stage, you will see whitish frothy here and there while you stir from bottom.
  • Add powdered cardamom, chopped cashew nuts and mix.
  • At one stage at many places in the mixture starts turning pale, slightly frothy.
  • Pour to a greased serving bowl. I poured to a plate.

Notes

  • I used unrefined demerara sugar. If using white sugar, just 2- 3 tbsp is enough. 
  • Sugar is used for more glossy effect.
  • Regulate the heat so that the mixture is not always cooked in high heat.  If over cooked, it will become hard chewy like candy. 
  • You can add roasted cashew nuts too. I liked raw cashews.
  • Can add more ghee if you want. extra 1 or 2 tbsp. If too gooey even after cooling down, you can again reheat and add ghee to make it more glossy and non sticky.

How to make Banana halwa step by step:

  1. Peel banana and puree it in a blender. I got 2 & 1/4 cups. banana halwa step by step 1
  2. In a heavy bottomed vessel, heat banana puree with jaggery, sugar. step by step 2
  3. Once it starts boiling, add lemon juice. This gives a nice taste as well as prevents turning burfi. Once it turns glossy, start adding ghee one tbsp at a time. step by step 3
  4. Let the mixture thicken. First it starts to leave sides. As you keep cooking and add ghee, at one stage, you will see whitish frothy here and there while you stir from bottom. Add powdered cardamom, chopped cashew nuts and mix.step by step 3
  5. At one stage at many places in the mixture starts turning pale, slightly frothy. Pour to a greased serving bowl. banana halwa step by step 5

Use spoon dipped in ghee to scoop for easy serving. 

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Comments

  1. Hima Bindu

    October 21, 2018 at 7:12 am

    Won't adding lemon while cooking give in a bitter taste?

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  2. Raks Kitchen

    October 21, 2018 at 7:16 am

    No it won't 🙂 Give a quick wash after cutting the lemon, eliminate any half cut seeds and also do not over squeeze lemon – this ways, you will never end up bitter lemon in any recipe.

    Reply
  3. Leena K.P

    February 21, 2020 at 5:55 pm

    can it be prepared by using coconut oil instead of ghee

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      February 21, 2020 at 7:46 pm

      Yes just make sure cold pressed and virgin for healthy version 🙂

      Reply
  4. Shyamala

    March 17, 2020 at 8:18 pm

    Tested this recipe just now! The result was delicious. I love this recipe because it has no maida and artificial colours,It is non messy as we grind it in the mixer. The use of jaggery adds to the flavour. I have tried many banana halwa recipes in the past. This is one of the best recipes I have tried and suceeded.Thanks, Raks!

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      March 18, 2020 at 5:45 am

      Thank you so much for taking time to write feedback 🙂

      Reply

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