Banana Mandazi

Submitted by MarraMamba

"A wonderful Mandazi (south african fritter) by Alan Coxon"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 1 egg
• 2 ripe bananas, coarsely chopped
• 750 ml milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 500 ml self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons caster sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
• vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• basil leaves
• icing sugar

directions

1. Place the egg, bananas, milk, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder and sugar in a blender or food processor. Whiz to make a smooth batter with a creamy, pourable consistency (if it is too thick add a little extra milk). Set aside for 10 minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan or deep fat fryer and carefully fry spoonfuls of the mixture for 3-4 minutes until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen towel.
3. Serve with grilled pineapple, chilli syrup and deep fried basil leaves.

Reviews

[Mandy]

I really liked these, I thought the mixture might be too runny but they cooked up lovely. I shallow fried so mine were more like pancakes than fritters but still nice. Toddler DD enjoyed these too, didn't serve with the basil but with a bit of maple syrup for a tasty brekky!