Bananas Foster - A quick and tasty treat

I finally got out of WhatsApp for good. The hullabaloo sorrounding the terms and conditions finally made me pull the plug. What I wasn't expecting is the WhatsApp withdrawl that I had for a couple of days and then came the relief. WhatsApp had intertwined itself into my life. I can safely claim other than giving a nice and easy way to call folks back home, it wasn't all that useful. I have experienced all kinds of emotions while looking at the forwards mostly. New content is rarely created on the platform anyway. Laughter, anger, sadness and helplessness at the drivel that gets passed off as stuff people should read. Anyway it is in the past. I signed on to Signal for communicating with just a couple of groups that I need to keep my sanity.

Once I got rid of WhatsApp I started making phone calls which is a far better way of communicating and keeping in touch. Not the piecemeal communication that is the hallmark of texting.

Now on to the recipe,
We always have bananas at home and genrally at any point of time a few are over ripe. I normally freeze them and use them for making banana bread, or they are good in smoothies as well if you can tolerate the brown color. Compared to doing all of that, this recipe is by far the quickest, easiet and tastiest. All you need is a couple of over ripened bananas. It can be used as a topping for ice cream, pancakes or crepes. Who needs a recipe for banana, sugar and butter but the process of documenting it, is so much fun so had to write about it here.

Recipe in pictures,

Cut the bananas, and melt the butter in a wide mouthed pan.
When the butter melts, add the brown sugar and let it carmelize slightly.
Now place the bananas in the pan and cook on one side for 2 minutes and the other side for another 2 minute..

See it is just so much fun to make this :)

Bananas Foster
Preparation Time:5 minutes
Cooking Time:10 minutes
Ingredients

1. 3 - 4 bananas
2. 1/3 - 1/2 cup of brown sugar
3. 1 tbsp of butter
4. 1/4 tsp of vanilla essence(optional)

Method

1. Peel, trim the end and slice bananas vertically and then into halves.
2. In a wide mouthed pan, add the butter and let it melt.
3. Add in the brown sugar and let it mix and depending on the quality of brown sugar, the sugar should caramelize nicely in about 2-3 minutes.
4. Now add the bananas flat side first and let cook for 2 minutes. Flip and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

A sweet tasty treat is ready to be spooned on whatever you fancy. We had it with Vanilla ice cream.

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