Banana Fritters (Pazham Pori)
Its a famous snack from the State of Kerala - God’s Own Country.
Basically, it’s banana ( Nenthra pazham) dipped in AP flour batter and deep fried. Pazham pori will be crispy from outside and soft cooked banana inside.
Ingredients required are:
• Kerala banana fully ripped, but slightly firm( Nenthra pazham) 3 nos skin removed and cut in half vertically. You may cut in to smaller pieces. It’s purely your choice.
• A P Flour 1cup
• Rice flour* 1 tbsp - Optional
• Sugar 1tsp
• Baking soda 1/3 tsp
• Salt 1/4 tsp
• A pinch of Turmeric powder
• Coconut oil or Vegetable oil for frying
Take AP Flour, Rice flour in a mixing bowl. Add sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Now add water little by little till you get the batter to dropping consistency. The batter should be thick enough to give a perfect coating on bananas.
Add turmeric and mix well. This gives the fritters more Golden yellow color.
Now heat a hard bottom wok under medium flame. Pour required oil and once the oil attained requisite temperature, dip the banana slices in batter and drop it slowly in oil.
Please ensure you are not over crowding the wok. Fry fritters batch by batch.
Keep turning each fritters after 3 minutes on one side and flip over other side for another 2 minutes.
Serve hot. Ideal to be served as Teatime snack.
Happy Cooking!
