banana leaf cups

Banana Leaf Cups, from nature

Banana Leaf Cups are natural and attractive. If you use things that come from nature as a container for food, your eyes will be happy. It is much more effective than artificial decorations.

Ingredients

Details

Serves: 4

Method

Step 1

Place 2 pieces of banana leaf with dull sides facing each other. Invert a 10 cm (4 in) diameter bowl on top of leaves.

Cut around bowl. Form a 1 cm (½ in) pleat about 4 cm (1 ½ in) deep in the edge of banana leaf circle. Staple together.

Step 2

Make an identical pleat in the opposite side of circle, then repeat twice more at points equidistant between the 2 pleats, to make a slightly opened, squared-off cup.

Repeat with remaining pieces of banana leaf.