Odeliza Jacoba Recipes

Mahalo Chicos,

A Pacific Islander favorite, Deep Fried Sweet Banana with Coconut Ice Cream. Totally bad for you in so many ways, but really ummy. I’d recommend to serve this dish after a really spice, salty, savory dish, like some curry.

Prep time: about 10 minutes or less

Cook time: about 20 t0 30 minutes or less

Serves: up to 4 people

What you’ll need:

1. a shallow frying pan
2. a spatula
3. a plate to hold the already battered bananas
4. a plate with a few paper towels placed on top
5. two bowls for dipping the flour and beaten egg
6. individual serving bowls
7. 4 c vanilla ice cream (1 c per person)
8. 1 c sweetened powdered coconuts
9. 1 c toasted slivered almonds
10. 4 hard bananas (1 banana per person)
11.  2 c white flour
12. 1 egg beaten
13. 1 t dark brown sugar
14. 1 t powdered cinnamon
15. vegetable oil or grape seed oil (enough for deep frying)

What to do:

1. Cut the unripened bananas each in half
2. Mix the dark brown sugar and powdered cinnamon with the white flour in one dipping bowl. Then place the egg in a separate dipping bowl ensure its beaten. Set aside on reserved plate.
3. Heat the frying pan with enough oil to cover the bananas. Ensure that the oil is very hot.
4. One at a time, dip the already cut banana in the flour mixture, lightly on the egg and finally back to the flour mixture and set aside. Repeat this systems until you’ve finished all the bananas.
5. Now one at a time, using your spatula place each battered banana in the very hot frying pan. Turn the heat a bit lower and frying the battered bananas a few at a time flip once on each side. Take your spatula and remove the bananas that already cooked and place on the plate with paper towels. Continue this systems until all your bananas are done.
6. Once your guest or your special someone is ready to eat dessert, prep the fried bananas. Take your individual serving dishes and put one scoop of the vanilla ice cream, place two pieces of the fried banana on top in a pretty fashion, sprinkle the sweetened shredded coconut and toasted slivered almonds. Serve.

Enjoy!

Ciao,

Odeliza Jacoba

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