saba-like bananas
I miss the numerous Philippine bananas specially saba which is a firm cooking banana that can be prepared either sweet or savory. I always keep a packet or 2 of frozen saba purchased from the Filipino grocery. Two weeks ago I found intensely green bananas very close in appearance to the Filipino saba. I bought a dozen pieces, kept them in brown lunch bags and the next day they turned pale yellow and completely ripened and edible in 3 days. I cooked a few in syrup that I diced for halo-halo, made banana-cue which is fried in oil and brown sugar *yum*, and the rest I added to pochero (potage), a soupy meat and chicken dish similar to the Spanish Cocido. These saba-like bananas are a little bit starchier and softer when cooked than ours but acceptable in flavor and a good substitute for the frozen saba in case they become unavailable at the Filipino grocery..
banana-cue, my favorite snack in the Philippines
pochero, a soupy boiled meat and vegetable dish served with tomato sauce
3 comments:
I envy you naman, I can't find fresh saba here, only the ones from Monika, bottled and sweetened...the pochero looks much more colorful with it no? ang ganda!
Ay ganda din ng tomatoes sa header mo!
Btw, bananas are a good way to replenish lost energy and is very filling, must be why people bring them along as you said. Sports people keep that too in their diet especially when training.
gizelle, thanks. Oh that's the reason bananas are very popular.
Medio mushy this type of saba from Colombia. Ours is firmer even when overripe and really sweet specially when simply boiled.
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