The ubiquitous banana, readily available as a staple fruit in every country, exists in many different varieties in India, from the usual shape and size, with which one is familiar, to very large thick skinned green bananas, called plantains, which turn black when ripe, with a creamy to slightly pink flesh. Though found in the fruit section of a supermarket, they're cooked as a vegetable and are less sweet and more dense than a banana and more nutritious - they're also sliced into thin wafers and fried, to make a delicious dried snack, sprinkled with salt and pepper, like a potato crisp.
But it is the pygmy banana, grown in South India, which is prized above all for its flavour and firm texture. These small bananas, readily available in the South, are sent by truck to other states and whenever a load would arrive in Gujarat, they were quickly bought off the truck, never seeing the inside of a supermarket !
But it is the pygmy banana, grown in South India, which is prized above all for its flavour and firm texture. These small bananas, readily available in the South, are sent by truck to other states and whenever a load would arrive in Gujarat, they were quickly bought off the truck, never seeing the inside of a supermarket !
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| Pygmy bananas - life size |
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