Fried Bananas – Pisang Goreng

Ingredients

• 3 Bananas (Just ripe but not overripe)
• 1 teaspoon of Fine Salt
• ½ cup of Water
• ¾ cup of Multi-purpose flour
• Cinnamon Sugar/Brown sugar
• Confectioner’s white powdered sugar
• Cooking oil (for deep frying)

Instructions

1. Peel bananas and slice them into mouth size.
2. Heat oil in wok or electric deep fryer (300F).
3. Mix flour and salt and water together. Stir until there are no more beads of flour. Add water accordingly, as needed.
4. Marinate the sliced bananas in the flour mix.
5. Once the oil is heated, place each banana into the wok. Deep fry until golden brown.
6. Drain excess oil and serve with dashes of powdered sugar and cinnamon sugar/brown sugar.

Contributed by Enk Hwa Tan, au pair in Illinois 2004

Photo by: Yosomono {flickr}