... Banana... The big "petals" are actually bracts, the actual flowers are the small pale things.
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At a time known to the judgment of others, that flower head is cut off. The flowers are removed from between the bracts, painstakingly cleaned (sorry, I was asleep!) and made with lentils into a kind of daal.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Banana-Flower Curry!
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The remaining bananas are left to grow more and ripen, then they are cut. After some more ripening, we eat them. Luckily we seldom have more than one tree giving fruit, or else we can't finish them.
I say
tree, I forget what, botanically, it is, but it isn't really a tree. After taking the fruit, the whole lot gets cut down, and another one shoots up. The main stem of the plant can also be cut into pieces and cooked. And, of course, its leaves are the traditional dinner plates of the area.
Credit: My Wife. For
all the work.