Banana Halva

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 bananas, peeled (ripe)
• 4 ounces sugar
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 4 ounces ghee, melted (or butter)
• 2 ounces almonds, blanched and chopped
• crushed cardamom seed (just a few)
• saffron, for colouring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 mash the bananas to a pulp and place in a saucepan with the sugar and water; stir over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved then boil rapidly for 5 minutes.
• 2 remove pan from heat and gradually stir in the melted ghee.
• 3 replace pan on the heat and stir constantly until the mixture begins to form a firm ball in the pan (about 10-15 minutes).
• 4 stir in the nuts and cardamom seeds, colour with saffron if desired and turn out on to a flat dish.
• 5 when the mixture is cool, cut into 1 ½ inch squares.