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Ingredients
| vegetable oil: 2 qts |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 1 1/2 cups |
| baking powder: 2 tsp |
| granulated sugar: 3 Tbl |
| ground cinnamon: 1 tsp |
| ground nutmeg: 1/4 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| eggs: 2 (large) |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| whole milk: 2/3 cup |
| bananas: 3 (ripe//mashed) |
| apricot jam: 1/4 cup |
| orange juice: 1/4 cup (fresh) |
| almonds (slivered): 3 Tbl (toasted) |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 1 Tbl |
Banana Fritters (Goa)
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Prep Time
15 min -
Cook Time
25 min -
Servings
30 serving(s)
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- Place the oil in a 6-quart stockpot and bring to 350°F.
- Preheat the oven to 250°F.
- In a medium bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, vanilla and milk and whisk vigorously to blends.
- Gradually add the egg and milk mixture and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the mashed bananas into the fritter dough and gently combine.
- Drop the fritter batter into the hot oil by the spoonful (about 1-1/2 tablespoons batter per spoonful).
- Fry the batter in batches, about 8-10 fritters at a time and cook for 3 minutes, turning once to evenly brown.
- Remove fritters from oil and drain on paper-lined cookie sheet.
- Place the cookie sheet in the oven while you continue to fry the remaining fritters.
- Once all the dough has been fried, leave the fritters in the oven while you make the glaze.
- Glaze:.
- Combine apricot and orange juice in a 1-quart saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Continue to boil until the orange juice is reduced by about half and the jam starts to thicken, about 4-5 minutes.
- Remove the fritters from oven and arrange on a platter.
- Drizzle with the apricot glaze.
- Sprinkle the almonds over the glazed fritters and sprinkle with the confectioner's sugar.
- Serve immediately.