Simple, healthy, delicious. A fuss free banana bread recipe.
Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas
Baking Soda – 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Sugar – for garnish
Deseeded dates – 8
Flax seeds – 1+1/2 tbsp
Ragi flour – 1+1/4th cup or 160g
Ghee / butter / avocado oil – 2 tbsp
Walnuts – to mix and for garnish
Raisins – to mix and for garnish
Pumpkin seeds – to mix and for garnish
Cardamom powder – pinch
Recipe:
Heat cast iron pan and dry roast Ragi flour for 10 minutes.
In a blender add 8 deseeded dates and 1 and a half tbsp flax seed and 2 tbsp water. Blend into a smooth paste.
Mash 3 ripe bananas with a fork and add the paste and mix well along with 2 tbsp melted butter. Add vanilla essence or cardamom powder. Fold the ingredients with a spatula.
Sift Ragi flour along with 1/2 TSP baking soda and 1 TSP baking powder and 1/4 cup of unsweetened coco powder. Fold it in.
Add walnuts, raisins, pumpkin seeds and mix well.
Batter consistency should not be runny or thin.
Put in a bread tin and garnish with nuts and seeds.
Bake at 170 degree for 40 minutes.
Tips:
1. Roast Ragi properly to remove raw smell and flavour. Also, let it cool properly
2. Need a high powered blender for making smooth dates and flax paste. Also, the right size of blender
3. Mix dry ingredients with wet in batches else it turns into a dense batter and baked output
4. Don’t go overboard with coco powder
