Pisang Goreng

Name: Pisang Goreng
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 4 ripe bananas, peeled and halved lengthways; 100g plain flour; 50g rice flour; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 150ml cold water; 300ml sunflower oil; 2 tbsp maple syrup

Crisp, golden battered bananas, soft and sweet inside. Best eaten hot with a drizzle of syrup.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.46 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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4ripe bananaspeeled and halved lengthways
100 gplain flour
50 grice flour
2 tbspcaster sugar
1 tspbaking powder
150 mlcold water
300 mlsunflower oil
2 tbspmaple syrup

Method

1
Whisk the plain flour, rice flour, sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt with the water to a thick batter.
2
Heat the oil in a deep pan to a medium high heat. A drop of batter should sizzle straight away.
3
Dip each banana half in the batter and slip into the oil. Fry in batches for 3 minutes, turning, until deep golden.
3 min
4
Drain on kitchen paper.
5
Serve hot with maple syrup drizzled over.

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