Pisang Goreng/Banana Fritters/Ethakka Appam

Remember all the times, we used to go to Bukit Indah market to buy the pisang goreng? You used to wait for me to fetch you from school and the moment you get inside my car you would ask" Can we go and buy pisang goreng?"

There are few rules to follow when you make Pisang goreng.

1. Do not buy bananas if the skin is turning black. Sugar content in a very ripe banana is high and it will make your fritters soggy.

2. slice each banana evenly and pat them dry, by doing so, you are making sure less water comes out of the banana while it is being fried, the water makes the fritters soggy.

3. Use very cold water to make the batter. This is the most important part. the colder your batter, the crispier the fritters!

Ingredients for the batter

1 cup flour

1/4 cup corn flour

1 table spoon rice flour

2 table spoon sugar

1/2 tspn baking powder

a pinch of salt.

Get all the ingredients in a bowl and add very cold water and mix gently with a fork. Mama can't tell you how much water you need to add, as each batch of flour is different. Your batter shouldn't be too thick or too diluted. ie, when you dip the bananas in the batter, it should be able to coat the banana.

Heat oil in a wok( be careful!) and dip each banana in the batter and gently drop in to the hot oil.( don't let the oil splash). Fry till the coating turns golden brown.