Bananas - Siamese 500g
This product is currently Back Ordered. Please check back again or contact us for more details.
🍌 Product Name: Siamese Banana ̣(Chuối Xiêm) 500g +/-50g
Scientific Name: Musa (ABB Group) 'Pisang Awak' (a hybrid of Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana)
👉 Harvest Date: Bunch matures 90–120 days after flowering/shooting; the tree itself first bears fruit at 11–16 months after planting depending on cultivar height. Ready when top leaves dry out and fruit color shifts from dark to light green.
💚 Natural flavors: Sweeter and more fragrant than common Cavendish bananas, with a rich, custardy texture when ripe. The flavor is gentle and rounded rather than sharp or cloying — often described as tasting like "roasted banana" once cooked, which is why it's the preferred variety for frying (chuối chiên) and grilling.
🍳 Recipe Suggestions:
- Cookpad: https://cookpad.com/vn/tim-kiem/chu%E1%BB%91i%20xi%C3%AAm
- Run Away Rice: https://runawayrice.com/desserts/steamed-banana-cake-banh-chuoi-hap/
👩🍳 Nutrition Value:
- USDA: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/173944/nutrients (generic raw banana — no cultivar-specific entry for chuối xiêm/Pisang Awak exists)
- Nutritionix: https://www.nutritionix.com/food/banana
🩺 Medicinal value: In Vietnamese folk tradition, banana fruit has been valued as an easily digestible food, with folk use to help settle the stomach and provide natural energy.
Note: chuối xiêm is Vietnam's everyday cooking banana — used both green (in soups/salads) and ripe (in chè chuối, chuối chiên, chuối nướng, bánh chuối). Run Away Rice's strongest match is their Steamed Banana Cake (Bánh Chuối Hấp), which specifically recommends ripe Thai-type bananas like this one.
