How to Prepare Banana Blossom/Flower
How to Prepare Banana Blossom/Flower

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Preparing Banana Blossom: The external "petals", which are tougher and darker, have to be removed - but the fleshier ones can be stripped of their pulp. Then, one by one, the crisp leaves are peeled off to reveal the light- coloured tender heart, the most prized part of the blossom. Fill a large bowl with cold water and salt, juice or vinegar. This will be your 'acidic water.' Use any neutral oil and rub it all over your hands before handling the blossom.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have how to prepare banana blossom/flower using 2 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make How to Prepare Banana Blossom/Flower:
  1. Take Banana Blossom
  2. Prepare Vinegar or Juice from Two lemons

Banana Blossoms are one of the greatest meat replacers for plant-based cooking. Their texture and versatility make it a fantastic alternative for fish in all your favorite seafood recipes. Prepare the banana flower: Peel back the purple leaves, and remove the buds until you find yourself with the white heart. Reserve two of the purple leaves for serving.

Steps to make How to Prepare Banana Blossom/Flower:
  1. Wash the entire blossom.
  2. Start opening the outer leaves one by one. Under each leaf you will find a group of long pale yellow flowers.
  3. Keep repeating the first 2 steps: open the leaf, collect flowers, discard leaf. While peeling, the leaves will get softer and paler in colour and the flowers will get smaller til all that's left is this.
  4. Put in a bowl, add cold water, lemon juice or vinegar to avoid discolouring.
  5. Pick a flower, open, by pulling the feathery plastic like petal back, you'll find the matchstick like stem inside the flower. You have to remove it, otherwise your blossoms will be hard n bitter.
  6. Open the flower by gently rubbing the end of it in between your fingers and gently push the petals back. Do this for all that you can. The flowers closer to the heart will get smaller and smaller and will get harder and harder to clean. When you can't clean anymore, just separate the flowers.
  7. Discard these…
  8. The Flowers.. ready to use in cooking or as Salad.

Prepare the banana flower: Peel back the purple leaves, and remove the buds until you find yourself with the white heart. Reserve two of the purple leaves for serving. Prepare enough liquid to cover all edible petals from the banana flower, which will vary depending on its size. How To Prepare Banana Flower: Blossom should be firm with petals firmly closed and of a maroon color. Pull off the pistils and the outside petals.

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