Nendran Banana Kinnathappam.

Banana kinnathappam /nendran banana kinnathappam is a very tasty and easy to prepare steamed sweet snack made with ripe nendran banana, wheat flour, grated coconut and jaggery. The following ingredients are needed to prepare Nendran Banana Kinnathappam.

Ingredients:
Nendran Banana.-3 ripe
Wheat flour. -1/2 cup
Grated coconut. -1/4 cup
Jaggery grated. -1/2 cup
Cashew nuts. -few
Sesame seeds. -1tsp black
Cardamom. -2 crushed
Salt. -a pinch
Ghee. -1 &1/2 tsp

Instructions:
1). Peel and chop ripe nendran bananas into small pieces.

2). In a pan boil and melt grated jaggery adding 1/4 cup of water.

Method:
1). In a mixing bowl add wheat flour and a pinch of salt and mix well. Add melted jaggery into the pan and mix with wheat flour without lumps.

2). Heat 1 and 1/2 tsp ghee in a pan and fry the cashew nuts in ghee. Add chopped ripe nendran banana pieces into the pan and saute well till it is cooked. Add grated coconut into the pan and mix with ghee fried cashew nuts and cooked nendran banana pieces. Saute well for a minute and switch off the flame.

3). Add the ghee fried cashew banana coconut mixture, raw sesame seeds and 2 crushed cardamom into the mixing bowl and mix with wheat flour jaggery mixture. Add required water into the mixing bowl and mix together all the ingredients in the bowl and make a thick batter.

4). Grease a pan with little ghee and pour the thick batter into the greased pan.

5). Boil sufficient water in a steamer and keep the greased pan with batter in the steamer. Close the steamer with a lid and steam cook the batter for 15 minutes.

6). Once done switch off the flame and open the steamer. Remove the pan from the steamer and allow the appam to cool. Demold the appam from pan and transfer to a serving plate.

Very tasty Nendran Banana Kinnathappam is ready to cut into desired pieces and serve.