Brazilian Coffee Shots - a decadent dessert from Brazil...

After the delicious Armenian dip Baba Ghanoush yesterday, today we are in Brazil for the ABC International Blogging Marathon

Brazil = football. Perhaps their map also endorses that J Notwithstanding that they didn’t win the recently held World Football cup 2014, I know of many friends who were heartbroken to know their favourite team didn’t make it to the top.

Brazil also being a tropical country, is best known for its coffee, banana and exotic cocktails. Wiki tells me that The national beverage is coffee and cachaça is Brazil's native liquor. Cachaça is distilled from sugar cane and is the main ingredient in the national cocktail, Caipirinha.

So, today’s dish has two of their top produce – coffee and banana - in an exotic party shot type dessert… And what's more, my elder girl helped me choose it, make it, style it, and even took pics.. (She asked me to mention this specifically that today's dish is 100% her effort ). A huge kiss to my lil chef in the making.. :-) :-)

Before that, lets check out Top 5 things about Brazil --- ( I promise to keep this short)

•   The word "Brazil" comes from brazilwood, a tree that once grew plentifully along the Brazilian coast
•   The land now called Brazil was claimed for the Portuguese Empire on 22 April 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral. (that perhaps explains the portugese influence on some Brazilian dishes)
•  Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America, the world's seventh largest economy at market exchange rates and the seventh largest in purchasing power parity (PPP), according to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. 
• Brazil is the world's tenth largest energy consumer with much of its energy coming from renewable sources, particularly hydroelectricity and ethanol;
•  Brazilian cuisine varies greatly by region, reflecting the country's varying mix of indigenous and immigrant populations. This has created a national cuisine marked by the preservation of regional differences.Examples are Feijoada, considered the country's national dish and regional foods- vatapá, moqueca, polenta and acarajé.

                                                      (Source:Wiki)

These Brazilian Coffee Shots have a hint of banana and cinnamon in them. You can serve them cold or even make ahead for a party. I love cinnamon and coffee flavor, but you can choose to skip the cinnamon and it would still taste great !!

Coming to the recipe :

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Country – Brazil

Dish – Brazilian Coffee Banana Shots | Recipe type – Dessert

Cuisine - South American (Brazilian)

Difficulty level – Easy

Recipe adapted from Here

Prep 10 mins | Cook time : Nil | Serves : 2

Serving Suggestions : Chilled

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Ingredients:

• Ripe Bananas – 4 ( I used Elaichi variety)
• Instant Coffee Powder – 1 tablespoon
• Thick yoghurt (or hung yoghurt) – 4 TBSP
• Brown Sugar – 3 TBSP
• Almonds Silvered  - 4 nos (or use flakes)
• Garnish : pomegranate pearls and mint leaves (optional)

Method:

1. Peel and chop bananas roughly. Add instant coffee powder and blend till smooth
2. Chill glasses. And fill half glasses with this banana coffee mixture.
3. Spoon thick yoghurt (whisk it lightly with cinnamon) over this.
4. Top with almond flakes / slivers and pomegranate pearls and / or mint leaves
5. Chill and Serve

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