Green Bananas

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Boiled Green Banana

 Green bananas look very much like yellow bananas but are very different in several respects, most notably their flesh is firm and starchy tasting rather than soft and sweet like a yellow banana's.

There are two methods of preparing boiled green bananas

Boiling Green Bananas With the Skin On

 Wash the bananas thoroughly in hot soapy water to remove any remaining traces of pesticides and artificial fertilisers









 Drop the bananas in to a saucepan of boiling water










 Boil for about 20 minutes - you will know they are ready if the flesh feels tender when pricked with a fork









 Peel then serve (the skin should come off fairly easily after cooking)

Boiling Bananas Peeled

It is much more difficult to remove the skin of a green banana than that of a yellow banana, the most commonly used technique is to:

 Cut the ends of the bananas off










 Cut along each of the ridges










 Peel the skin away in sections










 The peeled bananas can then be boiled as per the instructions above












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