{"id":1480,"date":"2025-08-22T15:40:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:10:51","slug":"traditionalgoanbananacake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/2025\/08\/22\/traditionalgoanbananacake\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Goan Banana Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Steamed Banana Cake without Maida<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Let me show you how I make a Goan traditional banana cake. It&#8217;s packed with flavour, yet it&#8217;s made without maida, butter, eggs or sugar. Imagine that. That enough should make you eager to make it. This dish is also called banana dhonas or mandos, I guess these are names for rural kind of cakes. Now this is a steamed cake and is not dry and spongy like a regular cake, but has the texture of a pudding.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in some more tasty Goan desserts? Then you might be interested in my <a href=\"https:\/\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/2021\/04\/10\/quickandtastyegglessbananabread\/\">Eggless Banana Bread<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/2025\/04\/11\/easygoancucumbercake\/\">Goan cucumber cake<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/2022\/03\/12\/simplegoangoddxemrecipe\/\">Goan atol or goddxem, a multigrain pudding,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/2022\/03\/12\/simplegoangoddxemrecipe\/\">Goan sweet fov \/ sweet poha,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/2021\/08\/07\/recipeforravasheeraandgoansheero\/\">Goan sheero \/ Classic sheera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ho2mwWIZ8jE?si=mPXENEIJ6HVfJCHF\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 cup parboiled rice \/ Goan rice \/Or regular rice<\/p>\n<p>3 perfectly ripe bananas<\/p>\n<p>3 tbsp water approximately<\/p>\n<p>1 cup grated fresh coconut<\/p>\n<p>1 tbsp ghee<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc cup (50g) grated cane jaggery<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup (100g) grated palm jaggery<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp ground cardamon<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd tsp grated nutmeg<\/p>\n<p>2 pinches salt<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc cup chopped cashew nuts<\/p>\n<p>A few cashewnuts for garnishing<\/p>\n<p>Pour into 6&#8243; round cake pan, greased and lined with banana leaf<\/p>\n<p>Place lightly greased banana leaf on top of the batter too<\/p>\n<p>(Banana Leaf is optional, could use parchment paper at the bottom instead.)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banana-Cake-Without-Maida.jpg?resize=500%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banana Cake Without Maida\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banana-Cake-Without-Maida.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/veenapatwardhan.com\/pat-a-cake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banana-Cake-Without-Maida.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Wash and soak the rice overnight or for at least 5 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Grind the drained rice and chopped bananas with just 1 \u00bd tbsp water in a mixer grinder till the rice is ground. Don&#8217;t grind the rice to a paste. It should be only slightly grainy. Add the grated coconut and grind the mixture for 30 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Add the ghee to a pan and add in the grated jaggery. Heat for a couple of minutes till all the jaggery just melts. Turn off the heat. Wait till the jaggery is warm.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the rice mixture into the melted jaggery. Add in the ground cardamom, grated nutmeg, salt, and the chopped cashew nuts. (You could cook this mixture on a medium flame for around 5 minutes to reduce the steaming time if you want.)<\/li>\n<li>Line the base of a greased 6&#8243;cake pan with banana leaf and grease it lightly on top. Pour the batter over it. Tap it to remove any gas bubbles. If you don&#8217;t have banana leaf, line the pan with parchment paper<\/li>\n<li>Add a topping of cashew nut halves (optional). Cover it with lightly greased banana leaf (optional).<\/li>\n<li>Cover the pan with a lid or aluminium foil. Place it in the steamer. Cover the steamer and steam the banana cake on medium heat for around 1 to 1 \u00bc hour or until a skewer inserted into it comes out clean. A long time, but worth it. Replenish the water in the steamer in between if needed. Alternatively, you could bake the cake in a kadai or in the oven at 160C for around 50 minutes or till a skewer inserted into it comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Let the cake cool completely and then unmould it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steamed Banana Cake without Maida Let me show you how I make a Goan traditional banana cake. It&#8217;s packed with flavour, yet it&#8217;s made without maida, butter, eggs or sugar. Imagine that. That enough should make you eager to make it. 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