I had a bunch of homegrown nendran bananas.
I baked bread two times. One with walnuts and spices. The other one with instant coffee powder, ginger and other spices.
You should make two types of preparation before making the final folding , one wet and another dry.
Banana bread with coffee powder
Ingredients
1 and a 1/2 cup of all purpose flour ( I used maida)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoon of instant coffee powder
A pinch of cinnamon powder
A pinch of nutmeg powder
1/4 teaspoon of ginger powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
4 ripe bananas
1/2 cup of sugar
2/3 cup of peanut oil/ghee
A few almonds or walnuts crushed
Method
Preheat the oven at 180 degree for 15 minutes
Step one
Peel and cut the over ripe bananas into pieces, use a fork to mash it or use a mixer to make a puree(I did that)
Add sugar and oil/ghee, mix well, keep aside.
In a sieve add all dry ingredients, maida, salt, coffee powder, ginger powder, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder,baking powder, baking soda.
Step two
In a large bowl add the wet ingredients and add sugar and oil/ghee and fold, in that slowly and carefully add the sieved dry ingredients, keep folding and once it's in the right consistency for bread, spread a butter paper or baking paper on the bread loaf tin, carefully spread in all the sides.
Pour the prepared bread batter, gently spread equally and add crushed walnuts or almonds.
Place the bread loaf tin on the wire rack and bake for 45 to 50 minutes in 180 degrees temperature.
You will notice the bread starts to rise and slowly getting baked, once done you can see the sides of bread is crusty and the you can smell aroma of baked bread.
Be patient, once baking is done, use a knife or a toothpick and test whether the bread is completely baked and the knife or toothpick comes out clean.
Cut the bread using a knife and serve with tea or coffee.
This was with walnuts and no coffee powder.
