If you haven't tried it yet: we'll tell you what you can make from bananas

One of the most delicious, healthy and nutritious fruits is sunny bananas. It’s not difficult to figure out what to make with bananas. They are good fresh, in baked goods, desserts, and cocktails. And lovers of non-trivial tastes will certainly appreciate the banana spicy sauce for meat. You can fry or bake chicken and pork with the pulp. At first glance, it seems that the tastes are incompatible, but this is not so!

Add bananas to charlotte

The classic apple charlotte will sparkle with a new taste and incredible tenderness if you add 1 banana to the apples. We offer the following recipe:

1. Beat 4 chicken eggs, gradually adding half a glass of sugar.
2. Add 0.5 teaspoon of baking powder and 1 cup of sifted flour. You need to carefully introduce them into the egg mass, mixing from top to bottom with a wooden spatula.
3. Peel and cut into small cubes 3 large apples and 1 banana.
4. Stir into the dough.
5. Grease the pan with butter, sprinkle with flour and bake the cake in an oven preheated to 185 degrees for 45 minutes.

Make sweet sauce for pancakes (waffles)

If you are tired of pancakes with condensed milk, sour cream, honey and jam, try the amazingly aromatic banana sauce. You will spend no more than 10 minutes preparing it:

1. Prepare 200 g banana pulp, 4 tbsp. spoons of sour cream or yogurt, 1 tbsp. spoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
2. Mix all the ingredients with a blender or mash the bananas with a fork, and then mix with sour cream, lemon juice and vanilla.

To prevent fresh banana flesh from turning brown, use an acid such as lemon juice or apple cider vinegar in recipes.

Milkshake recipe

What could be tastier and more nutritious than a banana milkshake? This drink, among other things, is also very healthy. It calms the nerves, helps overcome insomnia, heartburn and constipation.

Simply blend the following ingredients:

• a glass of milk;
• ripe banana;
• cinnamon, vanilla and honey to taste.

Pork with bananas

If you cook meat with bananas, it will turn out very tender and juicy. The sweetness is not felt at all. Recipe:

1. Cut 600 g of pork into strips and fry in vegetable oil.
2. When the meat is almost ready, add 2 tbsp. spoons of paprika, a handful of cashew nuts and 2 bananas, cut into rings.
3. Pour a glass of 15% cream into the dish, add salt and pepper and simmer everything over low heat for 5 minutes.

If the appearance of the circles bothers you, you can crush them with a fork. No one will guess what secret ingredient you used. And, according to reviews, pork with bananas turns out very tasty if you season it with garlic.

Spicy sauce for meat

Velvety consistency, tenderness, pleasant sweetness and slight spiciness - this is how the spicy banana sauce is described by those who are lucky enough to taste it. It perfectly replaces ketchup and is quick and easy to prepare:

1. Mash the flesh of one large banana with a fork.
2. Add 3 tbsp. spoons of fresh lemon juice, 0.5 tsp.spoons of turmeric, nutmeg and dry ginger, a little pepper to taste.
3. Fry finely chopped onion (1 onion) in a frying pan in a small amount of oil.
4. Place everything in a blender bowl, add 2 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce and bring to a homogeneous consistency.

Ready! Store the sauce in the refrigerator for 3-4 days unless you eat it immediately after making it.

Banana fritters

One of the most popular banana desserts is pancakes. They are no more difficult to prepare than usual:

1. Mix 1 chicken egg and 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar.
2. Add 200 ml of milk, 1 pinch of salt and 0.5 teaspoon of soda.
3. Gradually stir 180 g of flour into the slurry.
4. Cut 1 banana into half circles.
5. Mix the banana slices with the dough.
6. Spoon the pancakes into the hot pan. Fry on 2 sides until golden brown.
7. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

Fried bananas in batter

Cut the fruit into large slices, dip first in a bowl with the egg and then with the flour and place in a hot frying pan. Fry on both sides until golden crispy. Serve with nuts, honey, caramel, cinnamon, ice cream. The new taste will pleasantly surprise you!

Bananas for face and hair

If you don't want to eat bananas, no problem. Use fruits for cosmetic purposes. Their pulp is famous for its moisturizing and nourishing properties. It improves skin color, rejuvenates, eliminates irritation. And after a banana mask, hair becomes soft, manageable and shiny.

• For face

Turn half a banana into pulp with a fork, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of cream and 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply to face for 20 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

• For hair

Mix thoroughly 0.5 banana, 1 egg yolk, 1 tbsp. spoon of honey and sour cream. Distribute over the entire length of the hair.Put a plastic cap on your head. After 1 hour, rinse your hair with warm water.

Don't throw away banana peels

It can also be used for cosmetic purposes. The side that is adjacent to the pulp whitens teeth and improves complexion.

After eating, make it a habit to rub your teeth with a piece of banana peel. The result will be noticeable in about a week. To make your skin glow with youth, massage your face with a banana peel for 15 minutes 3 times a week.

You can also use banana peels to polish leather shoes.

Freeze bananas

If there is too much fruit or you simply don’t want to cook right now, you can resort to freezing. For easy use in the future, crush the pulp into a paste and freeze in ice cube trays. To prevent bananas from darkening, do not forget to add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice for every 100 g of product. Then the cubes can be added to a glass of milk, porridge, dough, and used to make sauces and sweet desserts.

Bananas will keep in the freezer for 3 months.

According to professional chefs, banana is a universal product. It is added to meat, salads, baked goods, sauces, desserts, and cakes. There are a lot of application options. Don't limit yourself to just sweet dishes. The abundance of bananas in the kitchen is a great reason for experimentation.