Banana Cinnamon Fritters

This is a snack made from over ripe bananas found in M’sia and Indonesia. I really couldn’t recall what are their real names. I added cinnamon to spice it up and corn flour to make the mashed banana stick together better. These unassuming squashy and dark brown fritters are really good!

Ingredients

• 4 ripe bananas (medium to big size)
• 1 tsp of cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp of sugar
• 1 tsp of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of plain flour
• 2 tbsp of corn flour/starch (totally optional)
• 1 tsp of baking powder

Preparation

1. Mash up the bananas and then mixed in well with the rest of the ingredients.
2. If the mashed bananas are still pretty runny at this stage (don’t worry about it, they will cook very quickly in the very hot oil), add in a bit more flour to thicken it up.
3. Heat up 250 – 300 ml of veg oil until it smokes (make sure it smokes).
4. Then, turn the heat down to medium high, otherwise, it will burn out the fritters real quick (but still want to make sure they get cooked in hot oil).
5. Scoop out the mixture in 1 tablespoon and slide it into the hot oil, one tbsp would give you one fritter.
6. The mixture tbsp would start expanding and browning really fast into a nugget size.
7. Repeat step 5 until the mixture is used up.
8. Once they are golden brown, lift them up to be placed onto a big plate/tray laden with kitchen towels to absorb excess oil.
9. Rest them for 5 minutes before savouring..

It’s just brilliant on their own or with vanilla scoops!