Banana Fritters
Love these banana fritters! Since we are on an Asian roll, I thought it would be a good time to share this recipe. Chinese banana fritters, however, are dipped in a caramel-sesame syrup at the very end, but this recipe is for plain banana fritters that you can put together in minutes for a quick and delectable dessert!
Banana Fritters
How can you go wrong with anything that is deep fried? It is rich, of course, but you don’t have to eat them everyday (even though you will want to)! There was a time when we were moving and there was a lot to do, so I could devote very little time to making dinner. My solution? Take something, anything, and fry it! Meat, chicken, mince meat, vegetables, fruits- dinner ready in 20 minutes!
The batter gives these fritters a nice, crispy coating, with a warm, melty banana inside. The batter is not too sweet, so powdered sugar is great on top.
For this recipe, you will have to use fresh, ripe bananas. This is not for using up over ripe bananas! Better to use those for making banana bread or banana cookies.
They are best served warm, and I love them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. If I want to re heat them later, then I do it in the toaster oven for a few minutes.
Banana Fritters with Vanilla Ice Cream
Enjoy!
Banana Fritters Recipe
Ingredients:
- ½ cup plain flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ tsp oil
- ½ tsp vanilla extract/ 1 inch vanilla bean [See my Vanilla Beans Post on how to.]
- 4 bananas, halved or cut into large pieces
- Oil for deep frying
- Powdered sugar for sprinkling (or dumping) on top
Method:
Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Gradually whisk in the egg, milk, oil and vanilla to make a smooth batter. The batter will be kind of thick and sticky. Heat the oil on medium heat. Dip the bananas in the batter and deep fry in hot oil.
Fry for a few minutes until golden brown, turning once.
Be careful not to over heat the oil or the fritters will be too brown.
Banana Fritters
Sprinkle generously with powdered sugar and serve immediately.
Banana Fritters. I definitely added more powdered sugar before I ate these!
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Salam! I read your post about you no longer using Vanilla extract in your recipes and that how you switched over to using whole vanilla beans. In this recipe, you used 1 inch vanilla beans. Did you grind it to use in the batter? or left it whole in the 1″ piece? Does the vanilla flavor still come through?
Loving your blog!
Thanks.
Salam! I split the vanilla bean in two and scrape out the seeds inside.
You can see it in detail in my vanilla bean post here http://zabihabites.com/is-vanilla-extract-halal-and-how-to-use-vanilla-beans/.
Thanks for the encouragement!
The kids and I just made this. I can’t stop eating them! They are so so good. The batter is nice and light. It is so easy to make too! I just never deep fry but I made your golap jamuns and used the remainder of the oil to make these. Thanks so much!
Aww thanks! That make me really happy :).