Step 2: Simmer. Add bananas, brown sugar, tomato paste, vinegar, water, soy sauce and spices. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until well combined and slightly thickened, about 10-15 minutes.

But banana ketchup has long been embraced in Filipino and Caribbean cuisines. It came to prominence in the Philippines in the 1930s, when a food technologist named Maria Y. Orosa created the recipe.

But the recipe for banana ketchup originates with food technologist Maria Orosa – she's been recognised by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines for her invention.

But banana ketchup has long been embraced in Filipino and Caribbean cuisines. It came to prominence in the Philippines in the 1930s, when a food technologist named Maria Y. Orosa created the recipe.

Which brings us back to banana ketchup—an invention largely credited to Maria Orosa, a Batangas-born, US-educated food scientist who invented over 700 recipes that have not only shaped ...