75 min.

What do you do when you have bananas that have just slipped past their ripe phase and are now in the over-ripe phase? The answer for me is to make Banana Nut Bread. This bread is delicious and makes my house smell all warm and homey. Of course you could also make banana muffins which are equally delicious but just a little more trouble to make.

This is a recipe that my mom told me how to make, and that I have watched her make quite a few times. It is what my daughter ate for her first grains at her Annaprasana ceremony and I also recently made it for a good friend's son's first grains. It is really easy to make and it comes out beautifully. Unlike many other Indian sweet rice recipes, this recipe uses basmati rice instead of shorter grained rice.