Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe (2024)

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Published: Jul 25, 2022 | Last Updated On: Jul 25, 2022 by Aarthi

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Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe with step by step pictures. Mildly sweet and chewy, this sweet dish is prepared using banana, ghee, cardamom powder and sugar.

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2.Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe

3.Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe Step by Step

Kerala Banana Halwa

This is one dish which i came up with when i saw a ripe banana lying in my fruit bowl. Normally i would use them in some baking recipes. But this time i thought of making a quick easy halwa using it.

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Kasi Halwa
Cornflour Halwa
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Ingredients for Kerala Banana Halwa

Ripe Nendran Banana / Ethan Pazham - 1 large (around 1 cup mashed)
Sugar - ¼ cup or to taste
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Almonds / Badam - 3 tbsp chopped ( use any nuts)
Cardamom powder / Yelakai Podi - ¼ tsp

This halwa is made simply with mashed banana, sugar and few spices and ofcourse ghee. I used nendran pazham / ethan pazham for this recipe, i found that it taste best, but you could try with any banana.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

How to Make Kerala Banana Halwa

Peel and mash the ripe banana using a fork. Grease a plate with ghee and set aside.
Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a nonstick pan, add in the nuts and fry till golden. Drain them and set aside.
In the same ghee add in the mashed banana and saute for a min.
Add in sugar and mix well.
Keep cooking till the mix gets thick. Now add in a tsp of ghee at a time and keep cooking.
At a point the halwa will get glossy.
Add in cardamom powder and fried nuts. Mix well.
Pour this into a greased plate and smoothen the top. Let this cool down.
Cut into pieces and enjoy.

If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[emailprotected]and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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📖 Recipe Card

Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe

Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe with step by step pictures. Mildly sweet and chewy, this sweet dish is prepared using banana, ghee, cardamom powder and sugar.

3.50 from 2 votes

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 pieces

Calories: 114kcal

Ingredients

▢ 1 large Ripe Nendran Banana / Ethan Pazham around 1 cup mashed
▢ ¼ cup or to taste Sugar
▢ 2 tbsp Ghee
▢ 3 tbsp Almonds / Badam chopped use any nuts
▢ ¼ tsp Cardamom powder / Yelakai Podi

Instructions

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Peel and mash the ripe banana using a fork. Grease a plate with ghee and set aside.
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Heat 1 tblspn of ghee in a nonstick pan, add in the nuts and fry till golden. Drain them and set aside.
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In the same ghee add in the mashed banana and saute for a min.
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Add in sugar and mix well.
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Keep cooking till the mix gets thick. Now add in a tsp of ghee at a time and keep cooking.
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At a point the halwa will get glossy.
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Add in cardamom powder and fried nuts. Mix well.
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Pour this into a greased plate and smoothen the top. Let this cool down.
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Cut into pieces and enjoy.

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Kerala Banana Halwa Recipe Step by Step

You just need a handful of ingredients

I peeled off 1 large ripe banana

Mash it with a fork

I chopped a handful of almonds as well..You can use any nuts you like

Melt some ghee in a pan

Add in the nuts

fry till golden, then remove it to a bowl and set aside

In the remaining ghee

add in mashed banana

and some sugar

mix well

The sugar with melt down

keep cooking, the mix with get thickened

Now it has got really thick

At this point add in a tsp of ghee

keep cooking till the ghee is absorbed

now add another tsp of ghee

mix well, now you can see the halwa has turned little glossy

at this point add in cardamom powder

mix well

add in the fried almonds

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Anonymous
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Can l use other type of banana?
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Lavanya Ramiah
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Please let me know whether we can use any other type of Bananas or only the Kerala ones
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Lavanya Ramiah
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Please let me know whether we can use any other type of Bananas or only the Kerala ones
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sutapa Purkayastha
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Superb .
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Aarthi
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@Lavanya Ramiahu can use any banana as u like. but these kerala banana taste best
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Ms.Chitchat
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Awesome, tempting halwa
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Anonymous
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I made this but the halwa is not sticky..its like normal mashed banana..whats wrong here?
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Aarthi
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@Anonymousjust keep on cooking for few more mins
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Ambika
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Hi arthi
If you don't mind can you tell me from where you bought that pan.. Am looking for a good ceramic pan..
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Aarthi
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@Ambikai got it online. it is wonderchef valencia pan.
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Najma Veeran
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Can you please tell if we can use steamed banana. I have some leftover with me. Please suggest
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Aarthi
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@Najma Veeranyes u can use
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Anonymous
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Hi Aarthi, have you tried using jaggery instead of sugar to make this halwa?
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- Aarthi
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  yes u can use.
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Mariya A.Jaison
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Can I use cashews instead of almonds
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- Aarthi
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  yes u can use
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Susi K
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Loved your recipe.. how long will it stay fresh.. can I store in the fridge?
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yazz:-)
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Made a mix of normal banana with corn flour halwa… thank you for sharing your recipes and clear instructions 🙏🏽 I dont know how to add a picture in the comment to show you..
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