Banana payasam

I overheard a couple of women talking about Sarat Poornima, and decided I wanted to celebrate it with something sweet too. Since there were two bananas that were nearly ready to be consigned to the rubbish heap, the googled a couple of recipes. Midway through, the aroma reminded me of a dish I'd tasted only once before, so I modified the rest of the recipe to recreate that taste.

 
2 overripe bananas
1/2 cup jaggery crushed
1 litre milk
2 tbsp butter
1 inch piece ginger
4-5 cloves (but only if you think you will like it)

Mash the bananas to a fine paste. 
Melt butter in a kadhai, add bananas and cook on low heat till it gives out a lovely aroma (if you don't find the aroma lovely, you might as well give up at this point, because you are unlikely to like it). 
Add jaggery and stir till it dissolves. 
Add milk, bring to boil, and cook on low heat till volume decreases in half. 
While the milk is half evaporated, add juice of ginger and cloves. 
 Serve cold.