It’s a delicious sweet dish, and will be loved by both kids and elders. Referring to a few old recipes, I just tried with a few ingredients, and the result turned out to be awesome. So I would like to share with you. Once bananas are cooked, it takes less than 15 minutes to prepare this dish. You can make it your own by slightly varying the measurements in its ingredients.
Ingredients for Ethapazham – Sharkkarakottu:
1. Kerala banana (Ethapazham) – 4 big-sized, well-ripened
2. Jaggery – For taste
Coconut milk powder or first milk extracted from coconut – ¼-1/2 cup
3. Coconut scraped – ½ cup
4. Ghee – 1 small spoon
5. Raisins and cashews – A few
6. Cardamom powder – ¼ small spoon
How to prepare Ethapazham – Sharkkarakottu?
1. Steam cook the bananas and cut into square pieces after splitting into four.
2. Crush jaggery into small pieces or powder.
3. Heat a pan and add coconut milk along with jaggery.
4. Continue boiling till jaggery is fully melted.
5. Add banana pieces and sauté till water content gets almost absorbed (5 minutes).
6. Add scraped coconut along with ghee, cashews, and raisins.
7. Mix the contents and sauté for 2 more minutes.
8. Finally, add cardamom powder, mix the Ethapazham – Sharkkarakottu well, and turn the flame off.
9. The sweet dish tastes great both hot and cold.
Note: Sugar is the best substitute for jaggery. In case you need less sweetness for your dish, you can avoid both of these items. Banana itself has sweetness.
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