Snack
Baked sweet banana
Ripe bananas baked with jaggery, cardamom and coconut until the edges caramelise. A small sweet snack with no dairy and no wheat.
20 min
0 of 3 steps done
2 servings
Heat: No chilli
Approximate nutrition
A rough guide per original serving, not a lab test.
- Energy190 per serving
- Protein2g per serving
- Carbs38g per serving
- Fibre3g per serving
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