Minatamis na saging (literally "sweetened banana")[1] is a
Filipinodessert made with chopped
saba bananas[2] cooked in a sweet
syrup (arnibal) made with
muscovado sugar and water. Some recipes also add a little bit of salt and
pandan leaf or
vanilla extract. Other ingredients can also be added like
sweet potato,
sago,[3] or other fruits like
jackfruit. It can be eaten on its own or added as an ingredient to other desserts (notably for halo-halo). Adding the dessert over milk and shaved ice also results in another dessert known as saba con yelo (also sabá con hielo in
Spanish).[4][5][6][7]
The dish can also be cooked with
coconut milk instead of water, which is differentiated as ginataang saba.[8]