BANANA FRITTERS

Ingredients:

Main ingredients:

6–8 ripe cooking bananas

For the batter:

1 cup or 120g rice flour

¼ cup or 30g plain (wheat) flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

Water for mixing batter

Method:

1. Peel bananas and halve lengthwise.

2. Place the rice and plain flour into a small mixing bowl and add baking powder, salt, and sugar. Add just enough water to make a thin coating batter. It should coat a piece of banana dipped into the batter thinly.

3. Heat oil in a wok to a depth of 4cm. When hot, drop batter-coated bananas into the hot oil, leaving a little space between each piece – to ensure even browning. All pieces should be immersed in the hot oil – avoid over-crowding the wok.

4. When fritters are golden brown and crisp on one side, turn to cook other side. Drain well in a colander and preferably, serve warm.  

Recipe by:  Rohani Jelani