Pisang goreng banana fritters

Name: Pisang goreng banana fritters
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 4 ripe bananas, halved lengthways; 100g rice flour; 30g cornflour; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 0.25 tsp fine sea salt; 150ml cold water; 500ml sunflower oil, for frying; 2 tbsp caster sugar, for dusting

Hot, crisp banana fritters in a light rice flour batter, a street food teatime treat.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.49 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

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 bananashalved lengthways
100 grice flour
30 gcornflour
1 tbspcaster sugar
¼ tspfine sea salt
150 mlcold water
500 mlsunflower oilfor frying
2 tbspcaster sugarfor dusting

Method

1
Whisk the rice flour, cornflour, sugar, salt and cold water to a thick, smooth batter.
2
Heat the oil in a deep pan to 180°C (160°C fan), or until a drop of batter sizzles and floats.
3
Dip the banana pieces in the batter, shake off the excess and lower carefully into the oil.
4
Fry in batches for 3 minutes, turning, until crisp and golden.
3 min
5
Drain on kitchen paper, dust with sugar and serve warm.

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