Recipe Note

Variations & Ideas:

This dessert is a perfect blank canvas for experimenting with other flavors, here are some of my favorites (keep the halva, bananas, and ice cream and add):

honey and a sprinkle of Desert Rosesilan and Yemen N10caramel sauce and Apollonia N29

If your bananas are too ripe try making fritters. Add chunks of banana to instant pancake batter mix along with some sesame seeds and/or pine nuts. Add water until a very thick batter forms, then scoop out small balls with a spoon and either shallow or deep fry until crisp and cooked through. Serve them either like the split above, or with a crème anglaise to dip them into.

You can also freeze ripe bananas (peel them first) and then blend them with milk to make a light and delicious treat. Add enough milk (you can use cow milk or anything plant-based, up to you) to get the thickness you like, and try some of the flavor combinations above. Since it's a liquid try adding a bit of tahini instead of halva.

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