Banana Toffee

Banana Toffee is a wonderful desert from China. Once I tasted this recipe in HongKong. Very simple and classic recipe's  source is from Arushi Mahajan's cook book.




Ingredients:

Ripe Bananas                   4
Refined Flour (Maida)      1/2 cup
Baking Powder                 1/2 tea spoon
Vegetable Oil                   2 tea spoons
Powdered Sugar              1 Table spoon
Lemon                             1  full  lemon of juice
Honey                             2 tea spoons
Milk                                1/2 cup(approx.)
Vegetable oil                   For frying
Normal Sugar                 1 cup


Method:


  1. Peel and cut the Bananas into 2 pieces long or in rounds and crosswise to get 4 pieces from each Banana.
  2. Sprinkle the lemon juice and 1 table spoon sugar on Banana pieces.
  3. Make a batter with the Refined Flour,Vegetable oil,Milk,Honey and Baking Powder.(Batter should not be too thin in consistency.
  4. Mix the Flour Batter  well till smooth
  5. Heat the oil in a Pan in a medium heat. 
  6. Dip the each Banana slices in the Batter  and fry till golden brown.Take it out in oil absorbent paper and keep it aside to become cool.
  7. Heat Sugar in a pan till it caramelises, making sure it does not burnt. Coat the fried Bananas with sugar syrup.
  8. Then place the Banana pieces on the bowl full of ice till the sugar crystalises. Remove them from the ice bowl and keep it aside.
  9. Serve warm with Vanilla ice cream.





                        

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