What is the one fruit that everyone loves to eat regardless of their culinary heritage? It’s banana. From India’s banana chips to Italy’s banana pancakes, bananas are tasty, nutritious and make for a great snack to munch on. (These benefits of a banana leaf are a must-read). Did you know that bananas have huge health benefits, including being mood uplifters, curing headaches and helping in weight-loss? Banana skins are used to treat insect bites. Bananas are also a rich source of anti oxidants, vitamin C, calcium and folic acid. Due to these health benefits, bananas are a go-to snack to give to kids too. (Also Read: Try These Easy-To-Make Banana Dishes At Home)
A popular street food of the Philippines includes bananas. The street food is called as Bananacue or banana cue. The term combines some words from banana and the other from barbecue. Bananacue is made from caramelising deep fried bananas that are coated in sugar. The Bananacue are a delicious snack that are skewered on a bamboo stick and sold in the streets of Philippines. The skewer stick is just for the ease of serving and eating, but the dish is however, not really cooked on a skewer. The bananas used in making Bananacue are Saba bananas, which is a variety of bananas that are commonly found in the Philippines. (Also read: Philippines Woman Receives ‘Fried Towel’ Instead Of ‘Fried Chicken)
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