Tales of a Babbling Spoon: Banana Fritters

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Banana Fritters

Once upon a time, there's a cluster of overripe bananas sitting long enough on kitchen counter. If the visible ugly brown spots and shrunken skin is not enough to put you off your appetite , then the overly sweet , earthy smell the comes with it certainly will. It's starting to look like that lonesome lady at the bar , who was once the hottest girl in class that every guy wants to date , but is now past her prime and nobody pays attention to. Yet, underneath that failing facade is still a promising core. Time for some make over then!

Ingredients

4 over ripe bananas, peeled and mashed

70 g, rice flour

70 g of purpose flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

2 tbsp. sugar

5 tbsp. dessicated coconut

1/4 cup soda water

oil for deep frying

powder sugar for dusting, optional

Cooking instruction:

1. Sift together rice flour, all purpose flour and baking soda. Mix in salt, sugar, coconut and soda water.

2. Using a fork, mash ripe bananas and add into the flour mixture.

3. Carefully fold everything together .

4. Heat oil in the wok until hot but not sizzling. Carefully drop spoonfuls of banana/flour mixture into the oil, make sure to leave space in between to prevent it from sticking together. Fry under medium heat until golden brown. Carefully remove with a slotted spoon and set on paper towel to drain. Serve immediately, dusted with powdered sugar or for special occasions, a scoop of vanilla ice cream.