Best Banana Curry Recipes

CHICKEN AND BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• For the marinade: Combine the yogurt, cilantro, ginger, garlic and some salt and pepper in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Pour the marinade into a large resealable bag. Rinse and pat dry the chicken and place in the bag with marinade. Mix around and refrigerate for 24 hours.
• For the chicken: Add the almonds to a pan over medium-high heat. Keep stirring until the nuts become golden in color, 7 to 10 minutes. Once they toast, remove from the pan and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute for until golden, 2 minutes. Throw in the onions and saute for 8 more minutes. Remove the onions and set aside, reserving the oil.
• Wipe down the marinated chicken and cut into bite-size pieces. Pour the flour on a plate and mix in a big pinch of salt and freshly cracked pepper. Toss the chicken pieces in the flour to lightly coat. Fry the chicken over medium heat in the same pan and oil as you cooked the onions, until golden brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
• For the curry sauce: Heat a small pan over medium heat. Add the hot curry powder and stir often until fragrant about 30 seconds. Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Add 1 1/2 cups water, the toasted curry spice, raisins, chutney, brown sugar, turmeric, lemon juice and the toasted almonds. Stir and bring to a simmer.
• Whisk together the stock and flour in a measuring cup to make a thickener, and then pass through a sieve to remove any flour chunks.
• Add the thickener to the curry sauce and mix well. Turn the heat down to medium-low and add the sauteed onions and garlic, the crisped chicken and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 30 minutes.
• Ladle some chicken curry onto a plate and serve with sliced ripe bananas and sweet shredded coconut.

SHRIMP WITH BANANA CURRY AND STEAMED COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, add peanut oil and heat. When the oil is hot, add the shrimp and saute quickly, just until they start to turn pink, but are not cooked through. Remove the shrimp from the pan to a plate.
• Add the garlic, ginger, green onion, lemongrass, apple, galangal, and bananas to the same pan and saute until soft with no color, about 4 minutes. Add cumin and curry powder and saute for 1 minute. Add the lemon, lime, and orange juice along with the tamarind paste, coconut milk, and cilantro. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Strain the sauce and return to the heat. Add the Thai basil and kaffir lime leaves.
• Place the shrimp in the sauce and cook until just heated through. Place some rice on each plate. Top the rice with 3 shrimp and surround with the sauce.
• Rinse the rice 2 or 3 times and drain well. Set up a bamboo steamer on the stove. Place the rice in a metal bowl and fill with boiling water until the water is 1/2 inch above the rice. Place the bowl in the steamer and steam until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the cooked rice from the steamer and cool slightly. To the slightly cooled rice, add the butter, orange zest, cumin, and coconut. Stir until well mixed and add the saffron. Before serving, stir in the cilantro.

SPICY BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the sunflower oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onions, and cook until the onions have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle in the curry powder, cumin, turmeric, salt, sugar, ginger, chili powder, cinnamon, and black pepper. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir in the curry paste and pressed garlic. Cook for about 1 minute. Pour in the tomato sauce and yogurt, and bring to a simmer. Stir in the diced banana, and simmer gently for 3 minutes. Mix in chopped tomatoes, and continuing to simmer 1 minute more. Stir in the coconut flakes just before serving.

COCONUT, CHICKEN AND BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• Mix together the chicken pieces, garam masala and some salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large pan and add the chicken and onion and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until golden brown.
• Add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes until beginning to soften. Pour in the stock, stir in the curry paste, then bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the cream, almonds and coconut. Peel the bananas and cut into 2cm thick slices. Add to the pan, Season with salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 5 minutes until the bananas are just tender.
• Divide between 4 plates and serve each with boiled rice, a sprinkle of fresh coriander and a wedge of lemon for squeezing over.

CAULIFLOWER AND BANANA PEEL CURRY

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a full boil.
• Put the banana peels in a medium-large heatproof bowl. Pour in enough of the boiling water to cover, reserving the rest for cooking the cauliflower.
• Add the cauliflower florets and leaves to the pot and boil for 5 to 7 minutes, or until fork tender.
• While the cauliflower cooks, gently stir 1/2 teaspoon each turmeric and fine salt into the bowl with the soaking banana peels. Let sit until they've softened up and are cool enough to handle, around 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, once the cauliflower is tender, drain it into a colander in the sink; set aside while the banana peels cool and you make the curry paste.
• Prepare the curry paste: Place the shallots, ginger and chile into a 4-cup liquid measuring cup or wide jar that accommodates an immersion blender.
• Using the flat side of a heavy knife, bruise the garlic to help remove the skins, then add the peeled cloves to the measuring cup followed by the cilantro stems, cinnamon and remaining 3/4 teaspoon turmeric. Use the immersion blender to turn everything into a paste. (Be patient: At first you'll never think it's going to happen, but after a while, everything will obligingly turn into a vibrantly colored mush.)
• Drain the banana skins, squeezing out any excess liquid, and either chop them into slightly smaller-than-bite-size pieces, or take a fork and, with the interior of the banana skins facing you, press the tines into the top and push all the way down so that you have long, thin strips.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or medium skillet over medium-low. When the oil is hot, add the curry paste and fry for 7 minutes, stirring most - if not quite all - of the time. As it cooks, the paste will seem to condense and tighten; it will also lose its cheery brightness.
• Stir in the tomato paste and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the coconut milk, lemon juice, sugar and flaky salt. Whisk to combine, scraping the browned curry from the bottom of the pan. Cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes, letting it bubble, reduce and thicken a little.
• Add the banana skins to the pan, lower the heat and bring to a simmer for another 10 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened and the banana skins are soft. Tip in the cauliflower florets and leaves and cook until they're hot all the way through.
• Taste and adjust for salt as needed. Scatter the reserved chopped cilantro leaves over the curry and serve with rice or flatbread, if desired.

SOUTH AFRICAN PUMPKIN SOUP WITH BANANA AND CURRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine pumpkin, 2 tablespoons olive oil, sugar, and honey in a bowl. Pour into a baking dish. Place unpeeled banana in a second smaller baking dish.
• Bake both pumpkin and banana in the preheated oven until pumpkin has softened and is lightly brown, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat and cook onion, carrot, and celery until soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic, curry powder, coriander, nutmeg, and cinnamon; mix to combine. Cook for another 3 to 5 minutes.
• Peel banana. Add banana flesh, pumpkin, coconut milk, and chicken stock to the pot and simmer 5 to 10 minutes. Puree soup using a stick blender until smooth. If desired, thin soup with more stock or hot water. Season with salt, pepper, and lime juice.

SWEET POTATO, COCONUT MILK, AND BANANA CURRY (ROTISSERIE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make the spice blend: curry powder, salt, allspice, cinnamon and cayenne.
• Add oil to pan.
• Add onion and wait about 4 minutes until softened.
• Add ginger and garlic.
• Add bell pepper and wait about another 4 minutes for it to soften.
• Sprinkle the spice blend over all and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add the sweet potatoes, broth and water and bring them to a boil.
• With heat at medium-low, add chicken, coconut milk, and raisins.
• Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Meanwhile cut the bananas, cut the bananas crosswise into 1/2 inch rounds.
• Stir in the bananas and simmer 5 more minutes, stirring frequently.
• Serve over the hot rice.

CHICKEN WITH BANANA CURRY SAUCE - CARIBBEAN

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450°. In a food processor or blender, puree the bananas, curry powder, coriander, dry mustard, butter, lime zest, lime juice, salt, pepper, and 1/4 cup of the water.
• Make a few deep cuts in each chicken breast and put the breasts in a roasting pan. Pour the curry sauce over the chicken, making sure the sauce gets into the cuts. Roast in the bottom third of the oven until the chicken is just done, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the roasting pan from the oven and remove the chicken breasts from the pan. There should be plenty of thick sauce in the bottom of the pan. Set the pan over moderate heat and whisk in the remaining 1/2 cup water. Continue to whisk until the sauce is heated through, adding more water if you want a thinner sauce. Serve the chicken breasts with the sauce over them. Sprinkle with parsley if you like.
• Serve with steamed rice.

GREEN BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a non stick heavy base skillet.
• Add salt, red pepper powder and turmeric powder.
• Immediately add bananas and saute for about 2-3 minutes.
• Let bananas go brown on the edges.
• Add puree and fresh lemon juice.
• Add 1/2 cup water and cover tightly.
• Bring to a boil and let it simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Finally add the coconut milk, cover again for 5 minutes on low heat and serve warm with steamed rice or steamed noodles.

BANANA CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and chop the bananas.
• Melt the butter in a pan and sweat the onion for 5 minutes.
• stir in the curry powder and cook for about 30 seconds.
• Add the stock, bananas, lemon juice and salt to taste.
• Bring to the boil.
• Cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Process the soup in a blender and stir in the cream.
• Check seasonings and return to the pan.
• Reheat to serve.

BEEF, POTATO & BANANA CURRY WITH CASHEW RICE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and heat half the oil in a large frying pan. Brown the beef in batches, and transfer to a flameproof casserole dish. Add the remaining oil to the pan with the onions, and fry gently until softened. Stir in the lemongrass, ginger, tamarind, garlic, turmeric, curry powder and sugar, and fry for a few mins until fragrant. Add the coconut milk with 1 can of water, stir into the beef and bring to a simmer. Cover and bake for 1 hr. Meanwhile, toast the cashews in a dry frying pan until golden.
• After 1 hr, stir in the new potatoes and cook for 1 hr more until the potatoes are tender, removing the lid halfway. The casserole can now be cooled and chilled, or frozen, if preparing ahead.
• Put the casserole back onto the hob. Stir in the bananas and garam masala and simmer, uncovered, for 10 mins until the sauce has thickened.
• Cook the rice following pack instructions, then mix with the cashews, crispy onions and some salt. Scatter the curry with coriander, season well, then taste - it may need a squeeze of lemon to finish it off.

BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat vegetable stock in pan, add half the curry paste and half of the bananas.
• Toss until coated and remove from the pan, pour over the lime juice.
• Add remaining curry paste and onions into the pan. Cook until onions are soft. Add the chicken and cook until golden brown. Stir in the vegetables, water and stock powder.
• Add coconut cream and simmer until just thickened.
• Add banana mixture. Mix through the remaining bananas and allow to heat through.
• Sprinkle with the basil and serve with rice.

PUMPKIN, CHICKPEA AND BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a pan and fry the ginger, garlic, onion and ground spices over a medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Toss the pumpkin in the curry paste and set aside.
• Add the chillies, tomatoes and stock to the pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile heat the rest of the oil and fry the pumpkin for 5 minutes.
• Add the pumpkin to the stock pan along with the chickpeas. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes until the pumpkin is tender.
• Slice the banana and add to the curry and cook for a further 5 minutes Stir through the coriander and serve.

GREEN BANANA CURRY

Steps:

• In a deep frying pan heat the oil and fry the banana until lightly browned on each side. Set aside on a plate lined with kitchen paper.
• Lower the heat and stir in the onion for 10 minutes, or until soft. Add the peanuts, banana and curry paste with half the coconut milk and stir well. Cook on a low heat for 10 minutes. Season to taste.
• Pour in the rest of the coconut milk and simmer until the banana starts to break down.
• Sprinkle with the coriander and a squeeze of the lime. Serve with brown rice or indian bread and ENJOY

HOT CHICKEN WINGS WITH BANANA AND CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix marinade ingredients with a handheld blender. Pour marinade on top of chicken wings, mix, and let marinate for at least 30 minutes.
• While the chicken wings are marinating, prepare the sauce: Chop banana and add the rest of the ingredients. Process with a handheld blender until smooth. Transfer sauce into the fridge to let the flavours "marry".
• Preheat oven to 200°C Place chicken wings in an oven proof dish (or a lined cookie sheet) and dab with paper towel to remove excess marinade. Bake for 10-15 minute or until done. When done, add a sprinkling of salt, if you prefer.
• Serve with banana and curry sauce.

COCO-BANANA'S THAI GREEN VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the basil, coriander, chillis, ginger, garlic and coconut milk.
• You may need to add 1/2 cup of water, or more coconut milk if you want it very creamy.
• Blend until very smooth.
• In a pan, combine onion and sweet potato with the herb/coconut mixture.
• Bring to a boil and simmer until the sweet potato has softened a little.
• Add the zucchini baby corn, and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the broccoli, green beans and snow peas and season to taste.
• Cook until the greens are bright green (about 4 minutes).
• Serve over rice.

PUMPKIN, BANANA AND CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• Place the pumpkin in a bowl, add the curry paste and toss well to coat the pumpkin evenly.
• Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a saucepan. Add the onion, garlic, red pepper, ginger and ground spices and fry over a medium heat for 5-6 minutes until the onion is lightly browned. Remove mixture to a bowl.
• In the same frying pan, add the pureed tomatoes, chilies and stock to the onion mixture, and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in another frying pan, add the coated pumpkin and fry for 5 minutes until golden.
• Add into the tomato/onion sauce along with the chickpeas, cover and cook for 20 minutes until the pumpkin is tender.
• Peel the banana, slice thickly and stir into the curry 5 mins before the end of the cooking time.
• Stir in the chopped cilantro or parsley, and sprinkle the pine nuts over the top.
• Serve immediately.
• This would be good served with rice and lentils.
• Enjoy!
• Serves 3 hungry or 4 otherwise.

BANANA CURRY DIP

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in the container of electric blender.
• Cover and blend on high until smooth.
• Pour dressing into a container or jar until ready to serve.
• Jan

BANANA CURRY (BERMUDA, CARIBBEAN)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a lrg saucepan. Add onion & saute gently over low-heat till softened & translucent, but not carmelized.
• Soak the raisins in a sml amt of hot water for 2-3 min to plump them. Drain & add to the onion mixture w/the apple & salt. Stir in the flour + curry powder & cook for 3-4 min, stirring.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat & gradually stir in the coconut milk & water a little at a time. Return to the heat & cook gently, stirring till thickened.
• Add bananas & continue cooking gently over low heat for about 6-7 minutes. Add the eggs to the curry, just to heat through. Serve immediately w/boiled rice & a sml dish of mango chutney.
• *Note Re Servings* ~ I entered this recipe as a 6 serving side-dish per its intent, but it seems likely 4 servings would be more realistic if served as a main-course.

ROSE ELLIOT'S BANANA CURRY WITH CASHEW RICE (VEGGIE)

Steps:

• Put the potatoes into a saucepan, cover with water, bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 mintes until just tender - drain.
• Meanwile heat the olive oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and peppers, cover and cook gently for 10 minutes, stirring from time to time.
• Boil your basamati rice until soft and fluffy, set aside keeping it warm.
• Add the mustard seeds, stirring over the heat for a minute or two until they start to pop, then stir in the turmeric, ginger, garlic and curry leaves and cook for a furter minute or two.
• Stir in the drained potatoes and the bananas, then add the water, coconut cream and tamarind paste.
• Bring to the boil, then leave to cook gently for 5-10 minutes until the sauce is thick and the flavours blended - season with salt and pepper.
• Quickly add the cashews to the rice and fork through, then serve the rice and curry together on a warmed plate.