Filipino

Minatamis na Saging (Bananas in Brown Sugar Syrup)

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Minatamis na Saging (Bananas in Brown Sugar Syrup) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the fresh side and the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Dairy free Gluten free Halal

Ingredients

Serves
4

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Peel the saba banana and slice into thick rounds.

  2. Combine the brown sugar, water, and pandan leaves in a pot and bring to a simmer until syrupy.

  3. Add the banana and simmer gently until tender and glazed, about 10 minutes.

  4. Serve warm on its own or spooned over shaved ice.

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A Filipino breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Minatamis na Saging (Bananas in Brown Sugar Syrup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Minatamis na Saging (Bananas in Brown Sugar Syrup) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Minatamis na Saging (Bananas in Brown Sugar Syrup)
Allergen In this dish
Peanuts No
Tree nuts No
Dairy No
Gluten No
Shellfish No
Eggs No
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories
260 kcal
Protein
1 g
Carbs
65 g
Fat
0 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
45 g
Sodium
0 mg
Saturated fat
0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Minatamis na Saging (Bananas in Brown Sugar Syrup) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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