Brilio.net - Who would have thought that banana blossoms , aka flowers from prospective bananas, could be processed into a delicious dish. Such as cooked in curry, stir-fried, or stir-fried. Even though it is simple, dishes made from banana blossoms have a savory taste and a soft, meat-like texture.
Apart from being delicious and easy to get, banana blossoms are also good for your health. Reporting from netmeds.com, banana blossoms are high in nutrients such as fiber, potassium, calcium, vitamin E, and many others. Because of this content, quite a few people consume banana blossoms.
If you want to cook banana flower vegetables, choose young and fresh banana flowers. Meanwhile, to get maximum cooking results, banana blossoms are usually processed through a boiling process first. The clear goal is to soften and remove the sap from the banana flower
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for the wrong method of boiling to result in these banana blossoms ending up bitter. Even the color has changed to black. To get around this, you can imitate the method of boiling banana blossoms done by Instagram netizen @tiksurianip, who relies on 1 kitchen ingredient.
"This is how to boil banana blossoms so they are white and not bitter," said the netizen, quoted by brilio.net from Instagram @tiksurianip.
photo: Instagram/@detiksurianip
Apparently the kitchen ingredient the netizen is referring to is salt. In the video he shows the steps. First, choose a banana flower from the Kepok banana type. According to him, this type of kepok banana flower is the most delicious for processing into various dishes.
Next, peel the red skin until the banana flower is white. Remove the red part and take the petals from the flower, OK? After that, discard the flower essence to avoid a bitter taste.
Then prepare water in a pan and add 1 tablespoon of salt. Turn on the fire, wait until it really boils, then add the flowers first.
While boiling the flowers until they are half cooked, you can cut the banana blossoms which are still in the form of tubers. Once done, add the banana flower pieces to the cooking water.
Stir briefly then drain the boiled banana blossoms. Next, rinse in clean water so that all the sap dissolves. Remove it, and the result is that the banana flower remains white and not bitter. Boiled banana blossoms are ready to be prepared according to taste.