Banana Pudding Recipe | Traditional Khawrus Recipe | How to make Banana Pudding

Koknis have a tradition of having a few plants around the house and of the famous plants grown in backyard is banana. Houses surrounded with tall coconut palms and mango trees along with banana plants and a few chikoo, lemon, guava, chili, tomato etc. plants is a common sight here. And the result is we have plenty of recipes with these locally grown fruits and vegetables. Khawrus or banana pudding is one such traditional recipes that's usually made during the month of Ramadan as a dessert. You can even have this pudding as a filling and healthy breakfast.

How to Make Khawrus/Banana Pudding:

Ingredients:

4 ripen bananas

4 eggs

½ cup wheat flour

½ liter milk

1 cup sugar

¼ tsp salt

1 cup water

1/4th tsp nutmeg powder

Slivered almonds for garnishing

Method:

1. Peel the bananas and cut into small pieces and sprinkle all the sugar.
2. Break the eggs one by one in a bowl and beat them lightly.
3. Dissolve the flour in a heavy bottomed pan by using a little at a time, add salt and cook on medium low heat till it forms a thick paste and the raw smell goes off completely.
4. Now, add banana pieces, lightly beaten eggs and flour paste in the blender, add a little milk to facilitate blending.
5. Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 200 degrees for about 10 minutes. Grease a 9” springform pan and keep it aside.
6. Pour the blended mixture in a large bowl add in the remaining milk and mix well, sprinkle nutmeg powder. Finally pour in the greased pan and top with slivered almonds and place it in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes at 200 degrees.
7. Let it cool for 1 hour then cut into slices and serve!