Have you ever had this feeling when you crave for certain food, you get homesick and just want to grab certain food from your imagination and quell hunger? Well, I got hungry and saw these over-ripe bananas languishing in my fruit box which brought me into making banana fritters for tea.

Fritters are popularly used with a variety of fruits and vegetables which are usually deep fried.

Preparation time:  10 minutes

Cook: 15 minutes

Makes: 25

Ingredients

Vegetable oil for deep-frying

Mashed Ripe Banana – 3 long

All-Purpose Flour –  1 1/2 cup

Grated coconut – 3 tbsp

Salt – 1/2 tsp

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Sugar – 1 1/2 tbsp

Rice Flour – 1/2 cup

Water – 1 cup 

 

Directions

1. Place the coconut, flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, rice flour into a deep container.

2. Pour the mashed banana into the flour mixture. Add water and mix till well combined to make a thick batter.

3. Fill a deep-fry pan with enough vegetable oil for deep frying. Turn it on to medium heat  and leave it to heat (see notes for details).

4. Drop a tablespoon of the banana mix into the oil, and fry up to 5 or 6 at a time on medium heat (make sure not to add too much mixture as it will puff up slightly while it cooks). Keeping an eye on them, turn with a slotted spoon for a few times until they turn golden brown on each side.

Remove and drain on kitchen towels to remove excess oil. Repeat the process until all the mixture is used.

 

5. Serve warm , or let it cool completely. 

 

Storage suggestion

+ Store in airtight container at room temperature and use within a day

 

 

Note

*To check if the oil is hot enough, take a pinch of the mixture and drop it in the oil, it should sizzle with bubbles surrounding it.

 

 

Stay Healthy!