In my search of healthy baked recipes I found this one
interesting and very easy to make.
In this vegan banana bread recipe, the two ingredients which
contribute majorly to the texture of the banana bread are of course bananas and
oil.
Ingredients : 3 to 4
medium or 2 large over ripe bananas (300
grams or 10.5 ounce)
½ cup sugar/ brown sugar,
½ cup oil (125 ml
¼ tsp cinnamon powder
2 to 3 pinches or ⅛ tsp of nutmeg powder
1½ cups whole wheat flour (180 grams)
½ tsp baking soda
1½ tsp baking powder
Optional: pinch of salt. 1 to 2
tbsp sunflower seeds/ chopped walnuts/ choco chips/
dry
fruit of your choice
Method:
1. First preheat oven at 180 degrees C or 350 degrees F.
Then take ripe or overripe bananas.. Slice the bananas and add them to a mixing
bowl.
2. Add sugar. You can use brown sugar, organic unrefined
cane sugar or granulated white sugar. All
work well in this recipe. Depending on the sweetness of bananas, you can reduce
the sugar to ⅓ cup.
3. Then mash the bananas with a masher or fork to a smooth
consistency.
4. There should be no chunks. You can also use a blender to
mash the bananas. Fine threads of the bananas are fine.
5. Add oil . You can use any oil. I have made this bread with
sunflower oil.
6. Stir very well so that the oil mixes evenly with the
banana puree.
7. Add cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder and vanilla powder or vanilla
extract. Both cinnamon powder and nutmeg powder are optional.
8. Mix the flavoring spices and vanilla with the banana oil
mixture.
9. Sieve whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder and a pinch of salt (optional)
directly in the bowl.
10. Gently fold the
dry ingredients into the wet ingredients very well. Don’t mix. This folding
step is very important as you want the whole bread mixture to be one and mixed
evenly without the batter getting deflated.
11. Add 1 to 2 tbsp sunflower seeds. You can also add
chopped walnuts or choco chips or any dry fruit of your choice instead of
sunflower seeds.
12. Fold gently again once or twice, so as the sunflower
seeds are incorporated in the cake batter.
13. Pour the batter in a greased or lined loaf pan ( 8 x 4 x
2.5 inches) or round cake pan (8 x 2 inches). Bake in the preheated oven at 180
degree C for 30-40 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out
clean.
The timing varies from oven to oven. Depending on the
temperature in your oven and the size of your pan, the bread might take less or
more time than mentioned here.
The temperature varies from oven to oven. So take your call
and keep an eye. However, don’t open the oven until the bread is ¾th done. The
benchmark is that a toothpick inserted in the cake should come out clean. Sometimes
I bake for 30 minutes and then( microwave + convection) at 180 degree for 5
minutes. It decreases the cooking time and also prevents over browning of the
top surface.
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