Ingredients:
100 grams ripe bananas
Water
Sodium metabisulfate (0.02% of ingredients’ total weight)
2 teaspoons margarine
4 tablespoons refined sugar
1/4 teaspoon gelatinized cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon calamansi juice (lemon or lime)
Materials:
Cooking utensils
Double boiler
Sterilized bottles
Blender
Nylon mesh
Procedure:
1. Wash, peel, and cut bananas into small pieces.
2. Blend cut pieces with equal amount of water container sodium metabisulfate.
3. Strain mixture through a nylon mesh to remove banana seeds.
4. Add rest of ingredients to mixture.
5. Cook over a double boiler, constantly stirring, until a thick consistency is reached and until basic reading in double boiler shows 520 C.
6. Pour banana spread into half-sealed bottles. Process in boiling water for 30 minutes.
7. Seal bottles and store in a cool dry place.
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Health Benefits of Bananas:
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Health Benefits of Bananas:
The health benefits of banana include weight loss, obesity, weight gain, intestinal disorders, constipation, dysentery, anemia, tuberculosis, arthritis, gout, kidney disorders, urinary disorders, menstrual problems, and burns.
Banana fruit is eaten when ripe directly or as vegetables, fruit salad, juice, shakes, etc. Unripe bananas can cause severe indigestion and hence should be eaten only in cooked form.
The health benefits of banana include the following:
Weight loss and obesity: Banana is useful for weight loss as one banana having a weight of 100g contains roughly 90 calories. It contains lot of fiber and is easily digested. Further it does not contain any fats. So a overweight person does not eat too many calories if the diet contains some bananas. The roughage will also not make the person feel hungry.
Weight gain: At the same time, banana is useful for weight gain. Banana when consumed with milk helps in increasing the weight rapidly. Milk provides the necessary proteins and banana provides the sugars. Further, since banana is easily digested, a weak person can gulp 5-6 bananas in a day apart from the regular meals. This leads to an additional 500-600 calories which is quite necessary for weight gain. Since bananas have the ability to provide instant energy, sportsmen eat bananas during breaks of games.
Constipation: Banana contains dietary fiber and hence helps in smooth bowel movements. Bananas are said to push stools and relieve a person from constipation. They also help in treating other intestinal disorders.
Piles: Piles is characterized by difficulty in passing stools which may also lead to bleeding. It is believed that banana helps in treating piles. Some people also consider banana to cause negative effects on the bowels during piles as it adds a lot of bulk giving additional pressure on the bowels.
Anemia: Bananas contain high iron content and therefore aid in treating anemia.
Menstrual problems: Cooked banana flowers help in providing relief from painful and excessively bleeding menstrual cycles. It is also believed that bananas are good for arthritis, diarrhea, dysentery, burns, gout, kidney disorder, tuberculosis and urinary disorders.
Banana fruit is eaten when ripe directly or as vegetables, fruit salad, juice, shakes, etc. Unripe bananas can cause severe indigestion and hence should be eaten only in cooked form.
The health benefits of banana include the following:
Weight loss and obesity: Banana is useful for weight loss as one banana having a weight of 100g contains roughly 90 calories. It contains lot of fiber and is easily digested. Further it does not contain any fats. So a overweight person does not eat too many calories if the diet contains some bananas. The roughage will also not make the person feel hungry.
Weight gain: At the same time, banana is useful for weight gain. Banana when consumed with milk helps in increasing the weight rapidly. Milk provides the necessary proteins and banana provides the sugars. Further, since banana is easily digested, a weak person can gulp 5-6 bananas in a day apart from the regular meals. This leads to an additional 500-600 calories which is quite necessary for weight gain. Since bananas have the ability to provide instant energy, sportsmen eat bananas during breaks of games.
Constipation: Banana contains dietary fiber and hence helps in smooth bowel movements. Bananas are said to push stools and relieve a person from constipation. They also help in treating other intestinal disorders.
Piles: Piles is characterized by difficulty in passing stools which may also lead to bleeding. It is believed that banana helps in treating piles. Some people also consider banana to cause negative effects on the bowels during piles as it adds a lot of bulk giving additional pressure on the bowels.
Anemia: Bananas contain high iron content and therefore aid in treating anemia.
Menstrual problems: Cooked banana flowers help in providing relief from painful and excessively bleeding menstrual cycles. It is also believed that bananas are good for arthritis, diarrhea, dysentery, burns, gout, kidney disorder, tuberculosis and urinary disorders.
