Best West African Banana Fritters Recipes

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WEST AFRICAN BANANA FRITTERS



West African Banana Fritters image

Taken from epicurious .com and posted for ZWT. "The fritter tradition harks back to West Africa, where frying in deep oil is one of the major cooking techniques. In the African Atlantic world, fritters can be served as appetizers, as a vegetable, and even as a dessert, as they are here."

Provided by alligirl

Categories     Dessert

Time 35m

Yield 4 dessert dishes, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup cold milk
3 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 pinch baking soda
4 ripe bananas, sliced diagonally into 1/4-inch pieces
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
peanut oil, for frying

Steps:

  • Heat 3 inches of oil in a heavy saucepan or deep fryer to 375 degrees.
  • Mix the eggs, milk, brown sugar, flour, and baking soda together in a medium-sized bowl.
  • Add the banana slices a few at a time, coating them well with the batter.
  • With a long slotted spoon remove the banana slices a few at a time and place them into the oil.
  • Fry the bananas for 2 to 3 minutes, until lightly browned, turning them once. Drain them on paper towels and transfer them to a serving platter.
  • Repeat the process until all of the bananas have been fried.
  • Sprinkle them with the confectioners' sugar and serve warm.

BREAD MACHINE WEST AFRICAN BANANA FRITTERS



Bread Machine West African Banana Fritters image

This is based on a recipe from Madge Rosenberg's cookbook, The Best Bread Machine Cookbook Ever - Ethnic Breads. She says, "These fritters, similar to what we know as beignets, make inexpensive party food rich in natural fruit flavors. Children will enjoy munching these crispies with milk, but the big kids will eat their way through an endless supply with coffee or beer." My kind of fritters!

Provided by mersaydees

Categories     Breads

Time 3h

Yield 24 fritters

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 3/4 cups bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1 cup banana, ripe and mashed
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
2 -4 cups vegetable oil, for frying
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Add all the ingredients for the dough to your bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer and process on the dough cycle.
  • Remove the dough after the cycle ends and place on a lightly floured work surface.
  • With a floured rolling pin, roll out the dough into an 8-by-12-inch rectangle.
  • Cut into 2-inch squares.
  • Place on a nonstick or greased tray, cover, and let rise in draftfree area about 30 minutes.
  • Heat 1-inch of oil in a large saucepan or skillet until it reaches 365 degrees F on deep-frying thermometer.
  • Fry 3 or fritters at a time 10 to 15 seconds on one side until golden.
  • Carefully flip fritters and fry until lightly browned, 5 to 7 seconds.
  • Drain on crumpled brown paper bags or on several layers of newspaper covered with a sheet of paper towel.
  • Sprinkle confectioners' sugar over fritters.
  • Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 235.4, Fat 19.1, SaturatedFat 3, Cholesterol 8.1, Sodium 58.2, Carbohydrate 14.9, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 5, Protein 1.9

WEST AFRICAN BANANA FRITTERS



West African Banana Fritters image

Easy to make and delicious. I got this from an old Time-Life book (1970) on African Cooking, which is timely for the ZWT-4!

Provided by CaliforniaJan

Categories     Dessert

Time 35m

Yield 20 fritters

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons sugar
3 eggs
1 cup milk
5 bananas (about 1 pound)
oil, for deep frying
powdered sugar, for topping

Steps:

  • In a deep mixing bowl, stir the flour and sugar together and, with a whisk, beat in the eggs one at a time. Whisking constantly, add the milk, about 1/3 cup at a time and continue to beat until the batter is smooth and elastic enough to stretch like a ribbon from the beater when it is lifted up out of the bowl.
  • Peel the bananas, chop or slice them coarsely, and drop them into a shallow bowl. With the tines of a table fork, mash the bananas to a smooth puree. Stir the puree into the batter and let the mixture rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes before frying.
  • Pour oil into a deep fryer or large, heavy saucepan to a depth of 2 to 3 inches and heat the oil until it reaches a temperature of 375 degrees ona deep frying thermometer.
  • For each fritter, ladle about 1/4 cup of the banana batter into the hot oil. Deep-fry 2 or 3 fritters at a time, leaving enough space between them so that they can spread into 3 or 4-inch rounds or oblongs. Turning them once or twice with a slotted spoon, fry for about 3 minutes or until the fritters are a rich golden color on all sides. as they brown, transfer them to paper towels to drain.
  • While the fritters are still warm sprinkle them lightly with powdered sugar and serve at once.

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