Plantain or Saging na Saba
The cooking or plantain banana or saba in Filipino is one of the most popular fruits that can be cooked or eaten in different ways. Below are 8 of these:
1) Boiled or Nilagang Saging - the easiest and the most economical way of cooking plantain. Just clean and boiled the bananas. Don't overcooked them.
2) Banana Cue - Ripe plantain are peeled and fried in hot boiling oil. During the frying, brown sugar is added to the oil so that it can stick to the bananas when fully caramelized.
3) Banana Pancake or Maruyang Saging - bananas are mashed or sliced thin, coated with flour, fried and dashed wish with sugar.
4) Caramelized Banana or minatamis na saging - bananas are peeled and cooked with a mixture of water and brown sugar until the bananas are done and the sugar thickened.
5) Banana con hielo - instead of corn, caramelized bananas are mixed with shaved ice and milk.
6) Wrapped banana, Turon or sagimis - bananas are peeled, sliced thin, wrapped in rice/lumpia wrapper and deep-fried. Jackfruit can also be added in between sliced bananas before wrapping. Brown/white can be added to the bananas or in the oil while frying.
7) Suam na Saging - bananas are peeled, sliced into 1 cm thick and cooked with garlic, water and sugar. For best resut, saute the crushed garlic first before putting the bananas, water and sugar. The sauce must not be too sweet.
8) Banana chips - unripe bananas are peeled, sliced thin, dried in the sun and deep fried. Sugar can be added before, during or after frying.
