Bananas: What can I do with it?
In my banana plant quest, to date we have 17 varieties at the farm and I am still looking for a few more. There are many ways that they can be consumed and as listed in the table below, although this is not an exhaustive list as it only covers what we grow at the farm:
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Banana Variety
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State of Fruit
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Ways of consuming
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Abu Bunga
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Unripen
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Cooked in savoury dishes like curry
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Ripe
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Boiled, Banana fritter, Steamed with glutinous rice, cooked in sweetened oconut milk
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Awak (seedless)
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Ripe
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Eaten raw, Banana fritter, Cooked with sweetened coconut milk.
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Berangan
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Ripe
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Eaten raw
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Emas
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Ripe
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Eaten raw
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Over-ripe
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Banana pancake, Cakes and muffins
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Embun Dingin
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Ripe
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Eaten raw
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Embun Wangi
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Ripe
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Eaten raw
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Kapas
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Unripen
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Cooked in savoury dishes like curries
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Ripe
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Eaten raw, Banana pancakes, Mashed banana fritter balls (cucur kodok)
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Lemak Manis
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Ripe
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Eaten raw, Banana pancakes
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Lidi
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Unripen
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Cooked in savoury dishes like curries
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Ripe
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Eaten raw
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Nangka
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Unripen
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Banana chips
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Ripe
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Banana fritters
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Nipah (Abu Batu)
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Unripen
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Cooked in savoury dishes like curries
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Ripe
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Boiled, Banana fritter, Steamed with glutinous rice
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Raja
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Ripe
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Eaten raw, Banana fritters, Steamed with glutinous rice wrapped in banana leaves
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Rastali
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Ripe
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Eaten raw, Banana pancakes, Cakes and Muffins
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Ruai
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Unripen
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Cooked in savoury dishes like curries
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Ripe
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Eaten raw
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Tanduk
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Unripen
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Banana chips
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Ripe
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Banana fritters, Cooked with sweetened coconut milk
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Telor
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Ripe
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Eaten raw
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Over-ripe
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Banana pancake, Cakes and muffins
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Udang
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Ripe
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Eaten raw, Banana pancakes
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For the inflorescence or jantung, for non-bitter tasting, you can try the ones from Pisang Abu Bunga, Kapas, Nipah and Raja.
For those who have asked, we do sell our plants periodically so feel free to contact us.