BANANA BUNS

(BANANA FLAVORED PURIS)

This is a good recipe for morning breakfast or a take away for picnics. Tastes really good. Using pretty ripe bananas for this recipes makes the buns really tasty. This recipe comes from Mangalore.

Ingredients

Ripe bananas 2 big (mashed)

Sugar powdered 1 ½ cups

Yogurt (sour)/Dahi 5 tbsp

Baking soda ¾ tsp

Salt ¼ tsp

Maida or all purpose flour 5 cups or as needed

Oil for deep frying

Preparation

Mix mashed banana, powdered sugar, dahi, baking soda and salt. Add maida and mix. Keep adding maida as needed to prepare a stiff dough. The dough is a little sticky. Keep aside for 5-6 hours.

Take lemon sized portions of the dough and roll them into thick puris. Heat oil in a kadai on medium heat. Deep fry till golden brown.

Serve with coconut chutney or can be eaten as it is. Serves good as snack or breakfast.