Variety and Colour - Red Bananas

Over-ripe or even inedible? The colour of the peel might lead you to think so, but this is not the case with red bananas, because under their unusual dark coloured, slightly thicker skins, you will find creamy, pink, aromatic and sweet flesh with a hint of raspberry. The red-brown colour is due to a high beta-carotene value. The taste of 'The Red', as the tropical fruit is called in Sinhalese, is in no way inferior to that of the yellow Cavendish banana with which we are all so familiar.