Recipe: Delicious Steamed banana cake wrapped in banana leaves

Steamed banana cake wrapped in banana leaves. I am happy to use banana leaves from my garden. Cooking with banana leaves imparts great aromatic flavor which nothing can replace it. I did it just like my grandma used to make.

Use just ripe bananas and avoid using overripe bananas which can get too mushy after steaming. The combination of tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour) and rice flour creates an addictive soft-chewy texture for the cake. Both types of flour are gluten-free and you can find them at Asian grocery stores. You can have Steamed banana cake wrapped in banana leaves using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Steamed banana cake wrapped in banana leaves

1. Prepare 5-6 of Banana Ripe.
2. You need 1 cup of Jaggery.
3. You need 2 cups of Rava (Semolina).
4. It's 1/2 cup of Water.
5. You need 1/2 cup of Fresh grated coconut.
6. It's 2 tablespoon of Desi Ghee.
7. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of Cardamom Powder.
8. It's 5-6 of Banana leaves square shaped.

This is a denser version of the traditional banana cake and is very easy to make. You can either steam it in a square baking tin, in individual foil cups or do it the traditional way, in banana leaves. Be the first to review this recipe. Found this online, and its really the easiest, fastest cake ever!

Steamed banana cake wrapped in banana leaves step by step

1. In a blender puree the banana and set aside. Take a bowl mix banana puree and jaggery very well. Now add rava cardamom powder grated coconut. Mix everything into a dough..
2. Cut banana leaf into small squares, and slightly wilt them in open flame. Then brush the banana leaves with ghee. and place small round dough in the center..
3. Fold it into two then fold once again to form a wrap. Place it in a steamer and cook for 15-20minutes. or until banana leaves colour changes. Once it is cool enough to touch remove the wrapper and enjoy with hot tea. The steamed cake is ready to eat with ghee for better taste.

Plus there's practically no clean up- just one bowl needed for mixing and steaming. Definitely worth making when you have an overripe. Remove kue nagasari from steamer and set aside to cool. Best served at room temperature or chilled. Steaming fish in banana leaves - extremely Also Banana Leaves makes a nice tea that contains polyphenols that helps the body to produce Try these wonderful fish cakes, steamed in banana leaves for an authentic taste of Malaysia.