Banana fritter
Type | Fritter |
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Region or state | Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent |
Main ingredients | Banana or plantain, batter |
A banana fritter is a
It is commonly found in Kerala and is not served with any curry or side dishes[1]
Varieties
Brunei
Banana fritters are a traditional snack in Brunei, where they are called cucur pisang.[1][2] They are similar to pisang goreng in Indonesia and Malaysia. Cucur pisang madu, a variant of cucur pisang made with honey, are popular as a light afternoon meal (minum petang).[3]
Cambodia
In
India
South India
Vazhakkappam or pazham pori (
Pazham pori is principally made from bananas or plantain. Plantains are slit lengthwise after peeling and is dipped into a batter made from all-purpose flour, salt, turmeric powder and sugar. This is then deep-fried in oil until golden brown.
Pazham pori is served usually along with tea or chai as a snack in the evening. In some restaurants in Kerala pazham pori is served along with beef.[9]
Indonesia
In Indonesia, banana fritters are commonly known as pisang goreng.[10][page needed] They are often sold by street vendors,[11] In Indonesia pisang goreng are deep fried in ample of cooking oil; they might be coated with batter or not.
In Indonesia, it is consumed as a snack to accompany tea or coffee, either in the morning or late afternoon break. Traditional warung kopi (local coffee shops) often offer pisang goreng and other snacks, including fritters and kue to accompany coffee or tea.
Banana fritters along other kinds of
Every regions in Indonesia has developed various recipe for pisang goreng with a variety of different names, ingredients and cooking techniques.
Pisang goreng is usually sold together with other gorengan fritters including fried tofu and tempeh. However, Pisang goreng Pontianak are widely popular in Indonesia with certain retail outlets exclusively selling only this type of banana fritters.[16]
Pisang goreng variants
Indonesia has many varieties of pisang goreng, including:
- Pisang goreng kipas or Pisang goreng Pontianak
- Refers to banana cut in the shape of a fan, battered, and deep fried. The term pisang goreng Pontianak is often used interchangeably with pisang goreng kipas, as both have a similar fan-like shape, but the former is often filled or served with kaya jam.[12]
- Pisang goreng pasir
- Literally meaning "sandy fried banana",
- Pisang goreng kremes
- Javanese pisang goreng kremes is quite similar to pisang goreng pasir, but with a different batter composition and a different frying technique. The batter coating is made of rice flour, vanilla extract, and coconut milk, deep fried in an ample of hot cooking oil, creating crispy and crunchy kremes granules in the coating, and resulting in a sweet, fragrant aroma.[12]
- Pisang goreng madu
- Literally meaning "honey fried banana", honey is added into the batter, and prior to serving honey is drizzled upon the fried banana. The color is rather dark due to the caramelised honey.[12]
- Pisang molen
- Derived from Dutch influence in Indonesia, pisang molen literally means "milled banana". Unlike other batter-coated pisang goreng, pisang molen is wrapped around in tape-shaped thin pastry dough prior to frying, creating a crunchy texture on the outside similar to pastry skin, while the banana inside remains moist and soft.[12]
- Pisang cokelat
- Often colloquially abbreviated as .
- Pisang embal
- Kei pisang goreng is similar to other batter-coated pisang goreng, but using embal (tapioca or cassava starch) in its batter. It served with sambal.[17]
- Pisang nugget
- Small nugget-shaped fried banana. Its texture is akin to pisang goreng pasir in that it is coated in bread crumbs, however it is much smaller in size, similar in shape to chicken nuggets.[18]
- Pisang goreng telanjang
- Literally meaning "naked fried banana", it is fried without any batter. Salted butter or margarine are added,[12] and it may be topped with grated cheddar cheese. Pisang raja and pisang tanduk are the most suitable banana cultivars to be fried without batter.
- Pisang goreng Manado
- Manado pisang goreng is similar to other batter-coated pisang goreng, except it is served with sambal roa, a spicy chili paste made of smoked roa fish and fresh chilies.[12]
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Pisang goreng with paler batter.
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Pisang tanduk goreng without batter.
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Disc-shaped flat pisang goreng.
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Piscok, pisang goreng with chocolate
Malaysia and Singapore
In Malaysia and Singapore, banana fritters are commonly known in the Malay language as pisang goreng. Other names may include cekodok pisang and jemput-jemput pisang. The style of banana fritters commonly found in these countries is made by deep frying battered plantain in hot oil.[19] It is typically consumed as a snack in the morning and afternoon. They are often sold by street vendors,[20] although it is also offered as a product at storefronts, dining establishments as well as Singapore's hawker centres.[21]
Myanmar
A dish of banana fritter cooked in thick, spicy fish sause and served with rice is claimed to have been a favourite dish of the former royal family of Myanmar.[22]
Philippines
There are numerous fried banana dishes in
Thailand
Kluai khaek (Thai: กล้วยแขก, pronounced [klûa̯j kʰɛ̀ːk]), sometimes called kluai thot (กล้วยทอด, [klûa̯j tʰɔ̂ːt]), is a popular Thai street snack. Kluai khaek is made from fried, floured banana commonly topped with white sesame.
For the word kluai in Thai means "banana" and khaek literally means "guest" and is a colloquialism used for Indians, Muslims or Hindus. Assumed that the reason it was called, probably because it was adapted from the recipe of those people.
At present, it can be considered as street food that is easily found in general street stalls. Often sold with other types of snacks that have similar characteristics, such as khanom khai nok kratha, khao mao thot, fried taro, etc.
An area famous for kluai khaek in Bangkok is
Suriname
In Suriname, this snack is also known as bakabana (meaning fried banana in Surinamese).[25]
Vietnam
In Vietnamese, banana fritters are called chuối chiên. They are based on the French dessert banana flambée. After deep frying, Vietnamese banana fritters are drizzled with rum or rice wine and ignited to further crisp them.[26]
See also
- Banana cue, Filipino version of fried bananas
- Africanversion of fried bananas
- List of banana dishes
- Banana chips
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