Bali is not only a tiny island being blessed by God, but also respected by Balinese people to hold and keep its pride. To a modernization, Balinese people always open their arm, act to filter its bad impact then is further responsibility of all Balinese people. This condition will appear also in Balinese culinary note.

Including in Malayan region of east culture, Bali is also has a same culinary theme as found in Malayan region, such in Malaysia, Singapore or other region on Southeast Asian nation. All food ingredient that came from sea or land, mainly has same package depend on its community taste. One among many examples is Banana Fritters or in Bali called “Jaje Godoh” or “Pisang Goreng”, but Pisang Goreng is adapted from Javanese name for Banana Fritters. Pisang Goreng began spread its popular name in Bali when Bali is opened their land to modernization. Began its premier consumed, Pisang Goreng was known as simply deep fried battered banana. Then now Pisang Goreng has lot of garnish to be added to accompany its serving (e.g with palm sugar, chocolate, cheese, jam, even with ice cream) and became one of pastry point item placed in five star hotels menu. Realized for Banana fruit nutrition and combine with other good ingredient makes Pisang Goreng is a good and delight snack or dessert.

When you visit Bali, don’t forget to visit “Puncak Bagus” in Wanagiri, there you will recommended to taste modern Pisang Goreng harmonized with original Balinese palm sugar, and you will feel like taste this patisseries above heavenly Bali.

Bali is regions in Indonesian archipelago, whose people inside always keep its traditional look. People inside are love to balancing between modern and ancient culture in every life, including in agriculture plantation system. Collaboration between rice field and other green plant, also as banana plants is unique one to explore more. On this title of milk nutrition, it will be represented new knowledge about Biu or Pisang or Banana fruit that has strong nutrition as milk has, and could replace rice as a main raw food.

What could be milk when you drink it, first time reach your sense of sweetness it feels soft, mild and flash of enjoyable will come to your mouth. Flavor of milk is a sensation feel you will get when eating one of banana’s variety called “Pisang Susu or Biu Susu”, that’s what people in Bali called it. Pisang Susu is suitable to consume when ripe and appeared as yellow colour of peel, because sweetness of milk flavor will getting its maximal point on this condition.

If it could taste like a milk then it should has a power like a milk too, nothing doubt about it, because inside 100 g of a variety of raw banana fruit has all these nutrition: Carbohydrates (22.84 g), Sugar (12.23 g), Dietary fiber (2.6 g), Fat (0.33 g), Protein (1.09 g), Vitamin B1 (0.031 g), Vitamin B2 (0.073 mg), Vitamin B3 (0.665 mg), Vitamin B5 (0.334 mg), Vitamin B6 (0.367 mg), Vitamin C (8.7 g), Calcium (5 mg), Iron (0.26 mg), Magnesium (27 mg), Phosphorus (22 mg), Potassium (358 mg), Zinc (0.15 mg). This is quick look source from USDA nutrient database information.

Do read for above information, not only Pisang Susu could act like a milk, maybe there will be others variety of banana fruit could act as our main food. When you hungry and don’t have much time to prepare your breakfast or lunch, just grab one of those banana to supply your nutrition where you could get from rice, bread or a glass of milk.

All come and transport here, taking an important regulation of troupes. Heart is a part of centralized region and most attracted place in giving salutation. Giving a beautiful sight to a green pseudostem of banana, beautifully flowering look to a green canopy of banana leaves with red to purple color, banana heart is just known as a part of banana flower. Banana heart and its knowledge behind give a shocking story about it.

Trying to observe banana plant when flowering and became produce its fruit, will appear such a red to purple blossom and its called “Banana Heart” or “Banana Blossom”. In Indonesia familiar named as “Jantung Pisang” (Jantung = Heart; Pisang = Banana). Now then we will call it “Banana Heart” until end of this article. Banana heart is giving the actuality of steril male banana flower which take a shape like a “heart”, always giving protection on female banana flower through gentle wrap of purple peel in fertilization process is its central task. Banana heart could produce an actual banana fruit without requiring fertilization and of course he will adsorb plant nutrition along with all young banana fruit. When all finger banana fruit already appear and became mature, banana heart show itself at the edge of fruit stem and sometimes cut to produce a good quality of banana fruit. Cutting Banana heart in Banana troupe is a must procession in spite of having good shape and quality of banana fruit or sometime for having clean bunch of banana fruit before sending to a market.

Don’t even think to throw him as garbage, because in some country this banana heart could be consumed as a food, like in Bangladesh, India, or Southeast Asia especially in Bali, this banana heart sometime steamed and cooked with some spices and bean to become soup or just become a delicious curry, banana heart could appear as raw vegetable use in salad. Even though it doesn’t has a big name on world culinary atlas, but banana heart always stays on every heart of its fanatic fans and taking role as a heart of Balinese ingredient.