Banana Bun is a Mangalorean specialty made with over-ripe bananas and flour. You will find this dish on every menu card in a Mangalorean Restaurant which is normally served as breakfast.
The secret to this recipe is the extra ripeness of the bananas. If you want good results, then you need to set aside 2 or 3 large size bananas till they go black from the outside and are still firm and sweet from the inside. But the only disadvantage of this dish is, that it is deep-fried. But there is no harm if you get to indulge in such a thing once in a while.
There are other recipes for overripe bananas which are not deep-fried you can check my recipes for Banana Bread and Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins.
Mangalore Banana Buns
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- ½ cup yogurt
- ½ cup sugar or 1/2 cup grated jaggery
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups plain flour Approx - little more or little less
- 3 tablespoon of ghee or melted butter
Instructions
- In a blender jar, blend together – mashed bananas, yogurt, sugar and cumin seeds to a smooth mixture. ( The consistency of this mixture will be like a smoothie)
- Mix together – plain flour, baking soda, and salt separately.
- Take a large mixing bowl and pour the banana mixture into it. Add plain flour mixture a little at a time along with melted butter and make a smooth soft dough. (Add 1 cup of flour at a time…mix and then add another cup…and so on. You might need a little more flour than what is mentioned or maybe a little less)
- Heat 5 cups of cooking oil in a deep saucepan (kadhai).
- Divide the dough into small lemon size balls.
- With help of a rolling pin (bhelan) roll out each part into a small disc (like puri) but using only oil.
- Deep fry the buns in medium hot oil for 1 minute on each side or till they are fully puffed up.
- Serve the buns with cheese spread or fresh cream.
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