Kerala Nenthra Pazham Pori (Banana Fritters) - TravellerG

You are so kind to respond to my humble post, my dear friend @MAHBUB_HYDER

Oh… OK, very happy to note that your family enjoys this snack.

Is the Banana different from Kerala Banana - any idea?

Regads

Thanks a lot for your detailed response, dear friend @AdrianLunsong .

Shall respond in detail, tomorrow morning IST.

With warm reds to you before logging out,

Most regardfully, yours

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@TravellerG

Wow very detailed post ,the recipe look so simple but I know still need well preparation ,thank you for your effort ,and the results are so perfect .

@FalguniP lets eating this snack

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Thanks for tagging me @FalguniP

Fried Banana tastes crunchy and yummy! I like it, especially when the banana itself has a sweet taste already. In Indonesia, we also have this kind of friend banana as a street food and we could make it at home as well where the flour to fry it can be found in the supermarket.

Is Kerala Banana already has a sweet taste? @TravellerG

Thank for sharing the recipe. You wrote the recipe very well. Great!

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@Velvel

Across the Globe, there is banana fritters. But Pazham pori or Kerala Nenthra vazhapazham pori is entirely different from the general, common banana fritters. It’s the kind of species, tropical banana exclusively used in making this particular delicious snack makes it different from other banana fritters. Also, the oil used to fry it makes a cut above. So all that banana fritters is not Kerala Nenthra vazhapazham pori.

Regards,

aaryesdee

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Something new! Anyway it Looks delicious @TravellerG

We snacks food using Banana but in different way. We make juice from first and with rice flour and then bake on hot oil.

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Wow, mouthwatering dish @TravellerG

I know for sure that the taste will be amazing, because I have tasted your wife’s preparations. Thanks for posting. Really the videos are very beneficial. I will try and send you the pictures. I love Nendra banana.

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:grinning: :ok_hand: :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Where have I been all day?!

We should title this post; “TG goes to Kitchen”

Woow woow…

I remember you shared with me Banana chips, now, the Fritters, woow

I would have moved to Kerala if we didn’t have as much Plantain here. @TravellerG

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This is simple and inviting @TravellerG sir. Love to give my own hands trying. I can feel the smell and taste looking at the pictures :smiling_face:

Thanks for this delicious post :yum:

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“…banana fritters can be found in lots of places around the world…”

Yes, friend @AdrianLunsong - but, though I covered more than 38 countries, I could not find the exact variety of the Nenthra Pazham that we get in Kerala.

Unfortunately, even after hunting for hours, I could not find the scientific/family/species name of Nenthra Pazham on Google - so not able to give more details.

“…The bananas that we normally find in the UK is not the best type for fritters…” - Since I used to fly down to London frequently before Covid (Canary Warf - my daughter & son-in-law stay there), I know that this is available in East Ham - we used to purchase from Indian/Kerala (item) shops.

“…but I guess, you could add sugar to the batter to increase the sweetness. …” - In the list of ingredients, we have included Sugar to give sweetness to Maida ( = AP Flour) & Rice flour + according to the sweetness of the banana too.

“… but your readers need to also do their own research and not rely on others to spoon-feed them with information all the time…”

Thanks for your detailed guidance - as I have mentioned, this was my maiden attempt - there ought to be multiple mistakes - thanks for correcting me & my wife.

“…maida is new to me…” = it is simply the “Ap Flour**” (**All-purpose flour) = refined/extract of wheat flour. I have added this explanation in the main post to avoid further confusion.

“…I relied a lot on @FalguniP to explain the different spices and mixes to me whilst I was shopping for ingredients for her aloo paratha dish! …” That was kind of our @FalguniP to support all the way for shopping. Once again I suggest East Harm where Indian food ingredients/items are easily available.

I also congratulate you both for the wonderful session of Indian Paratha.

“…It’s a wonderful post and I hope to see more of them…” - humbly thank you for your compliments and motivation, but I feel that this is not a field of my expertise & may not be able to do it effectively - Surely I will not rule out the suggestions, which my wife was prompting which are unique, like what @StephenAbraham has mentioned:

  1. " Unniappam" (also known as Neyyappam)

&
2. here is the Jack Fruit Sweet snack - A STEAMED FOOD (Steamed like Idly) & no oil.

Caption: Jack Fruit snack - Chakka Appam in Malayalam - folded in jack fruit leaf.

Caption: “Chakka Appam” folded in a plantain leaf.

Just for info:

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“… a local recommendation for a local business if appropriate!..” right from 5-star hotels to deep rural " Chaya Kada" (Petty tea shop), this snack will be available in Kerala - & since the taste of Banana changes from Kasargod to Trivandrum, no specific place to mention, though the “Natti/Natan” Banana (means cultivated in a domestic environment) will be much tastier.

Regards to all

@aaryesdee

@Ewaade_3A @Gurukrishnapriya

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Hi @TravellerG sir, it was a nice recipe… easy to cook and good to eat … I just tried it out and it came out good, thank you for the recipe again… Below is some images of my output from this recipe… it was really good with evening coffee…

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नमस्कार…

** @TravellerG **

Looking Tempting & I like Banana & your shared Fritters,

Keep doing this kinds of adventures…

Thanks for Sharing & tagging…

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Thank you @TravellerG for your efforts and for creating this beautiful post.

Can you please parcel and send us to Kolkata? @TPattanaik @BidurC @KalyanPal we will really have a great time with this food. :stuck_out_tongue: :drooling_face:

Jokes apart, will surely try this at my home and will share the pictures with you.

Stay safe and happy.

Have a great year ahead!

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Thank you very much for your response, dear team member @BharathD ,

special regards for adding your photos…

Are these bajjies made of Potato & Onion, etc.?

Regards

Happy to know that you enjoyed the post, dear @Shrut19

You know that I am not a cook at all…

Inspirations from you all, I thought of sharing the Kerala dishes…

Thanks a million for your continuous suppoorts

Of course, there are many Kerala dishes published by our @aaryesdee ,

I shall showcase some of them shortly.

Regards

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Very kind of you to stop by my post & greet me.

Very thankful for tagging friends, dear @PritishB

Glad that you enjoyed the post…

You have such similar snacks in Bangal…right?

Regards

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Thanks a lot for the explanation @aaryesdee Sir :slightly_smiling_face:

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Oh… dear friend @Nyainurjanah

I missed your repose in the last week… kindly pardon me.

Your kind words have been passed on to my wife too…

Regards

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Oh… my dear friend @AbdullahAM

Accidentally, I missed your repose in the last week… kindly pardon me.

Happy to note that the post was interesting to you.

We are not used to your style of cooking & hence passed on to my wife.

Regards

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Perfect team work sir @TravellerG

Good job and spread sweetness yummy for all of us

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