Pazham Pori | Banana Fritters » Dassana’s Veg Recipes

Pazham pori recipe with step-by-step pics. Pazham pori also called ethakka appam is a well-liked snack from Kerala made with ripe bananas. Banana slices are coated in an all-purpose flour batter after which deep fried. A tasty vegan banana fritters recipe that makes for a superb tea time snack paired with a cup of sizzling chai or espresso.

The bananas used to organize pazham pori are nendram pazham. These number of bananas are lengthy, giant and are agency even when ripe. They’re used not solely to make the well-known Kerala banana chips but additionally these banana fritters and a few extra sweets.

Now this Nendram pazham or ethapazham isn’t simply obtainable in every single place in India or exterior India. So you should use agency ripe bananas. Don’t use bananas which might be too ripe or very delicate. Within the recipe additionally I’ve used ripe bananas that are candy and but agency. If utilizing nendram pazham, then use the ripe ones.

Nonetheless the style of those banana fritters is superior when made with Nendram pazham. The mushy, delicate, candy texture of the cooked bananas pairs properly with the crispy and delicate texture of the all goal flour batter layer.

At any time when my mother and father go to Kerala, they get nendram pazham for me. I at all times steam them and have plain or at occasions with puttu. Its solely me in our household, that has a particular style for these bananas. So I solely cook dinner it for myself 🙂

My mother used to organize these candy banana fritters now and again like a night snack for us. Additionally throughout my keep in Kerala, the lodge the place we lived would serve pazham pori no less than twice or thrice per week of their complimentary night snacks menu. Other than pazham pori, there would even be Paruppu vadai, sandwich and Aloo bonda.

Making ready these banana fritters are very simple. All-purpose flour is used for the batter. So do attempt to use natural all-purpose flour or unbleached all-purpose flour. For well being causes, you should use complete wheat flour too. Additionally some rice flour will be added to the batter to make the fritters crisp.

Serve pazham pori sizzling or heat as a night snack with chai or filter espresso. You don’t want some other accompaniment with it.

Step-by-Step Information

How you can make Pazham Pori (Banana Fritters)

1. In a mixing bowl, take ½ cup all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon sugar (optionally available), a pinch of turmeric powder and a pinch of baking soda. You may as well add 1 tablespoon of rice flour for some crispiness.

2. Combine very properly with a spoon or wired whisk.

3. Then add water in elements. I used ⅓ cup of water. Relying on the standard of the flour, you possibly can add much less or extra water. If the batter turns into skinny, then add some extra all-purpose flour.

4. Combine to a clean batter with none lumps.

5. The batter consistency is barely thick in order that it coats the banana slices very properly. Maintain apart.

6. Peel two giant bananas or 3 medium-sized bananas.

7. Then first slice them horizontally in half or quarters. Then slice each bit vertically in two equal elements.

Frying pazham pori

8. Warmth oil for deep frying in a pan or kadai. When the oil turns into medium sizzling, then the banana fritters will be fried. Dip every slice within the batter and coat it properly with the batter.

9. Gently place the batter coated banana slices within the medium sizzling oil. Fry the slices relying on the scale of the kadai or pan. Take care to not overcrowd the kadai.

10. When one aspect is cooked, then flip over gently and fry the opposite aspect.

11. Fry until each side are gentle golden. You don’t have to fry these fritters an excessive amount of. cease as soon as the bananas begin oozing out moisture into the oil and the oil begins to splutter an excessive amount of. We simply have to fry until the outer coating is completed. A light-weight golden is okay.

12. Take away with a slotted spoon draining further oil within the kadai itself.

13. Maintain the fried banana fritters on kitchen paper towels. In the identical approach, fry the remaining banana slices.

You may even see some caramelisation occurring on the remaining banana fritters. That is because of the moisture and sugars which have leeched into the oil whereas frying the primary batch. Put together the pazham pori in the identical method and preserve them on kitchen paper towels, in order that the surplus oil is soaked up.

14. Serve pazham pori sizzling as a night snack with chai or filter espresso.

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This Pazham Pori put up from the archives first printed in December 2016 has been republished and up to date on January 2022.