Pickled green banana salad

Serves 3-4
  • 5 green bananas​
  • 30g olive oil​
  • 1 medium red onion​
  • 4 cloves of garlic​
  • 1 bay leaf​
  • 60g lime juice​
  • 3g crushed black pepper​
  • 6g sugar​
  • 5-10g salt​

Instructions

  1. Peel the bananas and boil them in salted water until fork tender (about 15-20 minutes).
  2. Remove the bananas from the boiling water and set them aside to cool down.
  3. Peel the onion, half it and slice into fine stripes and set aside.
  4. Chop the garlic and set aside as well.
  5. Heat up the olive oil in a pan on a medium-high heat, add the onions and garlic and sauté until fragrant.
  6. Add the bay leaf and lemon juice to it and simmer for 1 minute. Then switch off the heat.
  7. Cut the banana in small pieces and mix with the onion-garlic-lemon mixture, sugar and pepper. Mix well.
  8. Add salt to taste.
  9. Refrigerate overnight and serve the next day.

You can add other vegetables to it to make this salad more colorful and vibrant.

 

Created by Daniel Schneider, Electrolux Professional.