Bananas, a "rotten street" fruit, are so addicting to Indians that they may be robbed and take out a banana as a life-saving weapon when they are in danger. If a friend has watched "God of Gamblers" starring Chow Yun-fat, he will definitely be impressed by the phrase "friend, you go back to India to eat bananas". Putting aside the joking connotation of this sentence, the familiar connection behind it may be worth thinking about: Why is it necessary to talk about bananas when talking about India?
What's different about bananas in India? First of all, there is no doubt about the variety and good quality. The warm and humid tropical climate and the proximity to the Western Ghats make the region fertile soil, which provides India with excellent conditions for cultivating bananas, enabling it to breed 12 main types of bananas, such as Luzon, red-skinned, and Chinese bananas. of high-quality banana varieties, each of which is of the highest quality.
The essence of Indian bananas should lie in the strange ways that Indians eat bananas.
Walking on the streets of India, you can see the various handling of bananas by hawkers. The shopkeeper on the other side is using a paring knife to quickly send the sliced bananas down the frying pan, ready to bring out the crunchy banana slices; the other side is paired with tofu and potato chips, and the yellow bananas are roasted on the fire.
The streets are full of martial arts, and high-end restaurants are not to be outdone. In a restaurant in Hyderabad, a chef made a dish called "fish curry", but when you look at the "fish" floating in the curry, you can "look" at it for a few seconds. In seconds, you will find that it is nothing but a pickled and roasted banana.
Indians love fried bananas. This fried fruit, most people are afraid of the residue on the peel, wash and peel it before frying. But in the processing of many Indian delicacies, the banana pan is the truth. Whether it is a hard green banana or a ripe yellow-skinned banana, the head and tail are removed first, and then they are "dressed and put into the pot".
Besides frying, Indians love banana peels in making mashed bananas. In the kitchens of many Indian homes, you'll find their passion for mashing banana peels. While chatting, a few people gave the washed and fried banana peels a hammer, while the fish soup sauce was boiled. Banana peel fish puree.
With the practice of banana peels, the crunchy banana flowers can also play tricks. Some choose to eat it raw with a sprinkle of lemon juice and salt, while for many cooks they prefer to process it. There are also various processing methods. Some are used to stew meat, and some will add some carrots, mint, papaya, peanuts and other ingredients to make banana flower salad.
After solving the fruits, peels and flowers, the Indians' journey of "slicing bananas" is not over yet. In southern India, rice balls are also wrapped or steamed in large slices of banana leaves and served with spicy tomato, cucumber salad, pickles, fried okra and other dishes.
There is such a scene in the Bollywood movie "The Lion", in which the male protagonist suddenly pulled out a weapon at a critical moment to defeat the enemy with one move. This weapon is neither a long knife or a short blade, nor a real spear and sharp sword, but a yellow banana.
Since the ancient Indians used bananas to cure diseases, bananas have been regarded as a treasure that can cure all diseases. To a certain extent, bananas have become the belief of Indians.
