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Originally Posted by bencelest
So Praying hands are not desert banana? You need to cook them?
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Benny,
Except for the fused hands of the Praying Hands, the fruits are virtually the same as Saba. More universally called "Inabaniko" (for fan shaped), commonly called "Sabang-Dikit" in the Tagalog regions, especailly the Manila area. If you were to look at Pitangadiego's photo, without his comment, you would probably say that it was a Saba.
Our last home in the Philippines at Fort McKinley had two mats of this. It's a pain to peel when green or semi-ripe because the peel sticks to the pulp. However if a recipe calls for cooking before mixing with other ingredients, we boil them first, and then they are easier to peel. If you are served this in the form of "Saging sa Arnibal" or "Matamis na Saging", or "Turon", you couldn't tell it apart from Saba.