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Saturday, 17 November 2018

BANANA FRITTERS


A favorite breakfast or snacking option, banana fritters are sweet, filling and so easy to make you will be waking up feeling like making them everyday. A fritter is a fried food usually consisting of a portion of batter or breading which has been filled with bits of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables or other ingredients. Fritters are prepared in both sweet and savory varieties. Fritters are extremely popular roadside snacks all over South Asia and are commonly referred to as pakora (pakoda) or bhajji (bhajia). In the south Indian state of Kerala, Banana Fritters are extremely popular and are known as Pazhampori. In Malaysia and Brunei, it is common for a type of fritter called "cucur" (such as yam, sweet potato and banana to be fried by the roadside in a large wok and sold as snacks. In the Philippines, egg fritters are called kwek-kwek (quail) or tokneneng (chicken), and squid fritters are called kalamares. These, along with shrimp fritters called okoy, and banana fritters called maruya are also sold in travelling cart or street side vendors. West African countries have many variations similar to fritters. The most common process includes the blending of peeled black eyed beans with peppers and spices to leave a thick texture. A Yoruba version, Akara, is a popular street snack and side dish in Nigerian culture.
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