Banana puree is not only a tasty and healthy independent dish, but also the basis for homemade pastries, cocktails, ice cream and desserts. Starting from six months of age, this sweet treat can be offered as complementary foods for infants, in pure form or added to porridge. And banana puree also helps in the fight against cough both for children and adults. Such a medicine is not only tasty, but also effective. We will talk about how to make banana puree in our article.
Calorie content and nutritional value
Banana puree is prepared from the pulp of the fruit. Taste qualities of goodies primarily depend on the variety and ripeness of the fruit. When choosing, it is desirable to pay attention to the fact that the skin of the fetus is bright yellow, without black spots. Calorie puree made from ripe banana is 89 kcal. It contains 1.5 g of protein, 0.1 g of fat and 21 g of carbohydrates per 100 grams.
Bananas are a source of vitamins and minerals important for the body. It is safe to say that mashed potatoes made from this fruit contribute to the improvement of the liver, heart and brain, especially in old age. Bananas contain vitamins E, K, C, PP and group B. The latter help the body fight fatigue, insomnia and bad mood.
The composition of bananas includes minerals such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, zinc and others. Due to its high nutritional value, this product must be present in the diet of every healthy person.
Beneficial features
Banana puree is obtained by mechanical processing of fruit pulp. That is why this dessert has useful properties similar to whole fruits:
- supplies the body with energy;
- thanks to the content of dietary fiber helps to cope with constipation;
- optimizes bowel function;
- helps get rid of spasms of the calf muscles;
- provides prevention of stress caused by lack of sleep;
- conducts an effective fight against cancer cells;
- helps to reduce body temperature during fever;
- increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood;
- removes toxins from the body;
- improves digestion;
- uplifting.
Bananas are easily digestible and do not cause allergies. That is why they are offered in crushed form as one of the dishes for the first feeding.
How to make banana puree for babies
Starting from the age of six months, such a dessert is introduced into the diet of babies. Acquaintance with a new dish is recommended in the morning. First, the child should be offered half a teaspoon, and then, observing his reaction, gradually increase the volume of the serving.
To prepare a one-component puree for the baby, you need to wash a ripe banana, peel it, cut off the edges and chop the fruit with a fork or blender. Then add a little breast milk or milk mixture to achieve the desired consistency.
If the reaction of the child’s body on the part of the digestive system is positive, you can gradually offer the child a multicomponent puree, for example, banana-apple. Cooking it is also easy. Half of the apple should be peeled and peeled, cut into cubes and pour 50 ml of water. Boil the fruit slices for about 7 minutes and cool. Then add half the banana to the apple and grind the ingredients with a blender. Add milk or water if necessary.
Useful preparations for the winter
You can buy bananas in the store at any time of the year. If for some reason it is impossible to do this, we offer two ways to prepare banana puree for the winter:
- Squeeze the juice from two lemons and pour them peeled bananas (1 kg) and 2 apples. Grind fruits with a blender and transfer the resulting mashed potatoes to an enameled pan. Add 600 g of sugar and 400 ml of water. Boil the mashed potatoes over low heat for 30 minutes, then put them in sterilized jars and roll them with a can opener.
- The second method involves freezing banana puree for the winter. To do this, bananas are crushed by a blender. Then the finished puree is mixed with lemon juice so that it does not darken. For 250 ml of the workpiece, take a tablespoon of juice. In an airtight container, mashed potatoes are sent for storage to the freezer for a period not exceeding 4 months.
Cough Banana Puree Recipe
In folk medicine, bananas are known as an effective treatment for severe coughing. To do this, they are crushed to a puree state and combined with other useful ingredients. The result is a tasty medicine that allows you to get rid of a cold in a few days.
You can make banana puree, as for babies, using a blender. And directly the recipes for preparing a medicine based on it are as follows:
- Banana and honey. To freshly made mashed potatoes, add a teaspoon of honey and add a glass of boiling water, mix and let it brew for 30 minutes. Take a medicine of 50 ml every 3 hours.
- Banana and Cocoa. To prepare the next traditional medicine, one ripe fruit needs to be peeled and mashed with a blender, fork or any other device. To the resulting mass add cocoa powder (6 tsp), hot milk (200 ml) and mix. Drink the medicine at bedtime for 5 days.
- Banana and milk. Mashed fruit with a fork, pour it with boiling milk (100 ml). Then add to it a teaspoon of sugar or honey and the same amount of butter. Beat with a blender until smooth. Take once a day until the cough goes away.
Thanks to these simple recipes, managing a cold will be much easier, tastier and faster.
Contraindications
Bananas and mashed potatoes made from them can not be called products that can harm the body. As an exception, only their individual intolerance should be noted. In addition, to limit the use of banana puree is necessary for people who have identified the following contraindications:
- overweight;
- diabetes;
- allergy;
- digestive disorders.
For the rest of the people, including children, bananas in general and mashed potatoes that are crushed to a consistency can be consumed every day, since they are very useful for the body.