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How To: Make banana dosai

Banana Dosai is an Indian pancake with banana and is another Indian festival food. It can be used as a dessert or an appetizer (we think it sounds perfect for breakfast!) and is actually very healthy.

How To: Ripen Bananas Faster with These 3 Simple Tricks

A trip to any grocery store's produce section will quickly reveal that bananas are often picked from the tree well before their prime—which is necessary for them to arrive at our local store without going bad. In fact, bananas are refrigerated en route to our supermarkets in order to stave off the ripening process... which makes sense, since they travel quite the distance (from the Tropics around South America or Africa to our proverbial doorstep).

How To: Make Filipino turon (sweet snack)

In this tutorial, we learn how to make Filipino turon. Ingredients you will need include: A bag of whole steamed Saba bananas, spring roll pastry, and brown sugar. First, take your bananas and cover them completely with brown sugar and place onto a plate. After this, roll the banana into the spring roll tightly so nothing falls out. Place water on the outer edge of the spring roll before finishing, to make it stick together. Repeat this step for all of the bananas, then fry them in a skillet ...

How To: Do the Sliced Banana Trick!

How to do the sliced banana magic trick! Fool your friends and be the life of the party with this awesome magic trick! This video will show you how to cut a banana before you even peel it! All that you will need for this cool trick is a needle and a banana.

How To: Make rich and sweet Thai fried bananas

Try fried bananas, Thai-style! With few ingredients and a short cooking time, you won't believe how delicious this simple dessert will be. You will need frozen spring roll pastry wrappers, bananas and cooking oil for frying. Serve the bananas warm. For a special dessert, top them with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

How To: Bake no-egg banana bread

In this tutorial, we learn how to bake no-egg banana bread. First, take 3/4 c butter and a pinch of salt, then 1 c of sugar. Mix this all together, then mash up four bananas in a separate bowl. After this, take 4 c flour and add in 1 tsp of baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, and mix together. Now, add drops of vanilla into the banana mixture and then mix all the ingredients together. Once this is well combined, pour the mixture into a greased pan and bake in the oven until it's cooked all the ...

How To: Get soft skin with a banana & honey facial mask

In this video, the instructor shows us how to make a homemade honey and banana facial mask. First, you want to make sure your hair is all the way pulled back and out of your face. Also, make sure your face is clean. Peel your banana and chop it into pieces, place into a bowl. Mash up the banana and then add in a spoonful of honey to the mixture. Mix this into a paste. Next, apply to your face and leave it for 15 minutes to harden. After this rinse your face with warm water and then pat your f...

How To: Make the best banana pudding

Start by putting two packs of vanilla pudding mix in a bowl. Add two cups of milk to the pudding. Stir it with a large plastic or wood spoon until it is really creamy. Next you will add 8 ounces of sour cream and stir it in with your spoon. After it is well mixed, stir in half of a container of whipped cream (about 4 ounces). In the bottom of another bowl, put 1-2 sliced bananas and some nilla wafers. Take the mixture that you have made in the other bowl and spread it out on top of the wafers...

How To: Mix a banana cream pie cocktail

A great recipe to make a delicious drink called a banana cream pie cocktail. The drink is made using one ounce of coffee cream or half and half. A half ounce of your favorite vodka. A half ounce of cream de banana which is sweet flavored liquor. Then a half ounce of white or cream de cocoa which give the a subtle chocolate flavor. Shake in a martini mixer and pour it into the ingredients into a glass. The easiest and the best step is to enjoy the drink which takes just like banana cream pie yum!

How To: Make bananas foster French toast with Paula Deen

Paula shares her decadent recipe for bananas foster French toast. Try Paula's Home Cooking recipe for rich banana French toast. Everyone will love this fruity twist on the classic French toast recipe. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Home Cooking show hosted by Jamie Deen, Paula Deen. Paula Deen, owner of Lady and Sons, a famous Savannah restaurant, is Food Network's resident southern chef. Step inside her kitchen and discover delicious food that's both uncomplicated and comfortin...

Weird Ingredient Wednesday: The Banana Flower

Flowers may be beautiful, but they're not usually appetizing. Sure, nasturtiums are hip in fancy restaurants, but they're primarily used as a garnish. Granted, fried squash blossoms are incredible, but the point remains: flowers are usually reserved for looking at, not masticating.

How To: Play "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson on guitar

Want to learn how to play Jack Johnson on the guitar? With this two part tutorial you can learn how to play "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson on the acoustic guitar. This version is a simplified version of the song and is not exactly how Jack Johnson plays it. This lesson is geared towards intermediate guitarists because it assumes prior knowledge of guitar playing. Watch this how to video and you will be able to sing and play along to "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson.

How To: Make a banana and strawberry fruit smoothie

Its always fun to make smoothie that are less expensive than those sold at smoothie shops. Watch this how to video to learn how to make a simple yet very delicious summer fruit smoothie. Some of the ingredients for this strawberry and banana smoothie are: strawberries, bananas, mint, milk, sugar, and ice cream.

How To: Make a delicious mixed fruit smoothie

This video shows you how to make a delicious fruit smoothie. To make a smoothie you will need the following: Three fresh bananas, a bag of frozen raspberries, 0.5 L orange juice, one teaspoon vanilla, one spoon of honey, some ice cubes and a blender. Slice the bananas and add to the blender. Add the vanilla, honey, orange juice, raspberries and ice. Blend well and serve.

How To: Make 2-Ingredient Pancakes That Are High Protein, Low-Carb & Gluten-Free

You only need eggs and bananas to make these tasty pancakes that fit almost every hyphenated category: dairy-free, Paleo-friendly, grain-free, gluten-free, low-carb, and high-protein. It sounds too good be true, but these pancakes are easier to make than traditional pancakes and don't have any of that troublesome white flour. I've also included a three-ingredient recipe below for a slightly thicker pancake recipe.

How To: Say names of colors in Italian

In this tutorial, we learn how to say the names of colors in Italian. The colors are easy to learn! White is biano, the snow is la neve. Pair these together to talk about the color of snow! Yellow is giallo and "the banana" is "la banana". Pair these together to talk about the color of a banana! Red is 'rosso', green is 'verde', and blue is 'azzurro'. Purple is 'violetto', gray is 'grigio', and gold is 'oro'. A lot of these sound just like Spanish but have a small twist to them! Just practice...

How To: Make a orange, strawberry, banana, and lime smoothie

There are a lot of different fruit smoothie recipes out there. This particularly delicious-looking recipe includes the traditional smoothie fruits strawberries, bananas, and oranges, with a bit of lime and salt to give it a bit of a kick that many of the other recipes out there lack. Cool yourself off and get healthy at the same time with this delicious recipe.

How To: Make a banana & lemon facial mask for oily skin

In this video, we learn how to make a facial mask for oily/dry skin with natural ingredients. First, take a bowl and place a half of a banana in it, smash the banana in the bowl until it makes a paste. Now, take a 1/2 of a lemon and squeeze the juice into the bowl. After you mix this together, add 1 tbsp of honey into the bowl. Mix this all together very well until it makes a paste. After this, apply the paste to clean skin. After about 10 minutes, rinse this off and pat your skin dry.

How To: Prepare deep fried sweet banana peppers

This video from Betty's Kitchen is a demonstration of how to cook deep fried sweet banana peppers which are popular in restaurants. She shows how to clean the peppers by cutting off the top, cutting around the core from the top, and pulling out the core. Cut the pepper in half the long way and remove the seeds. To make the batter, she uses one well-beaten egg and adds one cup of skim milk, 1/4 cup of canola oil, and one cup of self-rising flour. She heats up oil in a deep fryer, dips the pepp...

How To: Make traditional Southern banana pudding

In this segment of Fantastic Food, Scott Hargrove demonstrates making a traditional homemade southern banana pudding. If you are looking for pudding from a box, don't stop here! After pre-heating the oven to 425 degrees, he warms up a stainless steel pot. He adds tablespoons of butter, one cup of sugar, 1/3 cup of flour, and two egg yolks into the pan. After stirring those ingredients together, he adds two cups of whole milk and 1/8 teaspoon of salt. He starts whisking the ingredients togethe...

How To: Make banana French toast with Paula Deen

Try Paula's Home Cooking recipe for rich banana French toast. Everyone will love this fruity twist on the classic French toast recipe. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Home Cooking show hosted by Jamie Deen, Paula Deen. Paula Deen, owner of Lady and Sons, a famous Savannah restaurant, is Food Network's resident southern chef. Step inside her kitchen and discover delicious food that's both uncomplicated and comforting. For example this recipe for banana French toast.