It was Diwali season, visiting friends and family, lots of celebration and festive eating; naturally, healthy eating took a backseat, especially the fruits. The fruit basket on my dining table kept waiting for visitors, but only got some fruit flies 😊. Finally, I could not let them suffer anymore, the poor bananas were turning black and were almost about to be thrown away.
So, I thought
of making something with overripe bananas…why not some banana fritters, a
special Bengali delicacy; we were still in festive mood, a little fried food
would not harm much 😊.
So here are the banana fritters to go with evening tea or coffee, crispy from outside and soft from inside.
Ingredients
- 2 overripe bananas
- 1 cup rice flour
- 2 tbsp whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp grated coconut (you can use dried ones also, but fresh ones tastes good)
- ½ tsp fennel seeds
- 2 tbsp sugar (you can add more as per your taste, but as ripe bananas are naturally sweet, I didn’t add much)
- 3 tbsp milk (I used 2 tbsp of milk cream)
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of baking soda (optional)
- A pinch of cardamom powder
- Oil as needed for frying
Method
- Mash the bananas well in a bowl with a fork
- Add the rice and whole wheat flour and mix well, make sure that there is no lump
- Add the milk or milk cream and mix well again
- Add the coconut, fennel seeds, sugar, salt, baking soda, and cardamom powder
- Give it a good mix and keep the mixture in fridge for 15 minutes
- After 15 minutes, heat oil in a heavy bottom pain, keep the flame on medium
- Drop the mixture with the help of a spoon and deep fry the fritters till they turn golden brown from all side
- Take them out in a paper towel to soak excess oil
Serve hot with your favorite tea or coffee 😊
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