It is quite cheap and safe to eat with the outer skin protecting the inner sweet fruit. Even when the outer covering becomes soft with dark spots on it, the inner flesh is good enough to be used to cook up something tasty from the many traditional recipes found in Indian regional cuisine.

While the cooking style varies from region to region, traditional Indian cuisine always made use of ingredients which were easily available and a lot of experimentations were done according to the local ingredients available.

POWERHOUSE OF NUTRITION

While bananas are known to be a rich source of potassium, ripe bananas are a powerhouse of nutrition and it is one of the few fruits that can be used by almost all people across all ages. Easy to digest, ripe bananas have higher levels of antioxidants as they ripen. Says nutritionist Dhvani Shah,Ripe bananas contain a high concentration of dietary fibre, potassium, vitamin B-6 and antioxidant compounds. Ripe bananas are a rich source of vitamin C, which ensures the health of your skin and bones and may decrease your risk of cancer, heart disease, osteoarthritis and age-related bone degeneration.

Source: Times of India

BDST: 1649 HRS, OCT- 29, 2015
Edited by:  Sharmina Islam, Lifestyle Editor