Mashed Banana Fritters

RotiJala's Note:

It's a popular Malaysian snack that's traditionally deep-fried, but here I am pan-frying it in a smidgen of butter or cooking oil. That works too and it's way healthier. ^_^ Children love it, too, as it's mildly sweet. Great as an afternoon snack with a mug of coffee or tea.

• Total Time: 17 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 12.0 fritters

• 2 big ripe bananas, mashed (about 180g)
• 3 -4 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon rice flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil (for frying) or 1 1/2 tablespoons butter (for frying)

Directions:

1. Mix the flours, baking powder, soda, salt and sugar in a bowl.
2. Stir it into the mashed banana with a fork. (Add the fourth tbs of flour if mixture is too soft.).
3. Heat a frying pan to medium-hot and add enough oil to coat the flat area. (Traditionally, this snack is deep-fried but I find it not all that necessary.).
4. Scoop a tablespoon of the banana mixture onto the pan when the oil is heated to medium hot (a soft sizzling sound when the batter touches it). Flatten the batter slightly.
5. Fry one side till medium brown and flip over to fry the other side.
6. Place cooked fritters on a few layers of kitchen paper. Best served warm but cooled is good, too. :).

Reviews

[catflap2]

Lovely recipe have made it several times for my children for a special breakfast treat and they love them. I have even made them gluten free (using gluten free flour) and they are just gret. Does need a bit more flour if making them gluten free though. Also I cook them like pikelets (scotch pancakes) on a hot, flat , greased pan. Works well and less fattening.

[Queen Roachie]

Made this today for breakfast and it went over really well... I made slightly larger fritters, or had less batter, cause I got about 8 smallish fritters out of this. Did not add sugar, as the bananas were pretty ripe and sweet. I had to add quite a bit more flour to get a batter consistency. I agree with duonyte in that these are like custard inside. Very tasty, and the picky 14 mo old and the 4 year old both cleaned plates. Will make again, but double the recipe if hubby is going to be eating as well. Thanks for sharing! Served these warm with a sprinkle of powdered sugar.

[duonyte]

I made half the recipe and that ended up being just one serving for breakfast - they are almost custardy creamy inside, very tasty. My banana was very ripe and I needed no additional sugar. Cooked in nonstick skillet with just a little butter - mmmmm....