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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Banana Spring Rolls

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fried bananas

What would you always find in my kitchen? Bananas. I love banana, mostly in it's raw form, just peel and eat it, specially for breakfast. I also make my morning smoothie and Andrew's favourite cake using bananas. I don't usually fry them though. I don't fry a lot, for many reasons (it's messy, it uses up too much oil and deep fried stuff normally gives me head aches), but every once in a while it's worthy. This time I did it for Andrew. We had a dessert like this at PF Chang's and he really liked it, so I decided to do it at home for him, since it's so easy. They turned out really well, very crunchy on the outside and soft inside. Another nice contrast on this dish was serving the hot banana spring rolls with vanilla ice cream. I drizzled them with chocolate sauce because it was what I had in the fridge, but a dusting of powdered sugar will be nice too. I would have used some berries for decoration/colour/taste if I had any on hand.

As in all-things deep fried, the success will depend on having the oil temperature just right. Too hot and it will burn, too cold and you will end up with a soggy and oily final product. I do not have a candy thermometer (yet), so I just keep checking with a piece of the dough until I see it's the right time for frying.

Banana Spring Rolls Recipe:

You will need:

Spring roll wrappers (I used 6 inches square rice paper wrappers that I had in the freezer)

Bananas

Vegetable oil for frying ( I use canola)

Ice cream (I used vanilla)

Chocolate sauce (optional)

Thaw the wrappers by letting them stand at room temperature for 15 minutes or until they are easy to handle.

Peel and cut the bananas in half. For each banana you will use 2 wrappers. Working with a piece of the time, position a spring roll wrapper with one of the corners towards you. Place one piece of banana in the center of the wrapper. Fold in edges and roll wrapper around the banana. Dip your finger in water and use it to seal the ends of the rolls if necessary. make as many as you want.

In a large or medium pot, heat enough oil to cover the rolls, about 2-3 inches. When oil is hot add a few rolls at a time, not over crowding the pot, or the oil temperature will go down. Fry rolls for about 1-2 minutes per side, until golden. Drain them in paper towels.

Plate rolls and add a scoop of ice cream on the side. Drizzle with chocolate sauce if you like it.

Note: You can use store-bought chocolate sauce. I had some home made left in the fridge (hot cream poured over chocolate chips and stirred).

fried bananas panoramic

15 comments:

Ginger said...

If I showed up with these on my family new year celebration on Thursday, I would be the talk of the day!!!! These look so good and yummy!! Thanks for posting.

test it comm said...

Banana spring rolls sound good! Great photo!

Anonymous said...

Ginger - I hope yo uget to be the star with this recipe!
Kevin - Thanks a lot

Y said...

This look so yummy! I love banana fritters, and haven't had them in spring roll form before.

Wandering Chopsticks said...

I love ordering this at PF Chang's too. I made these too, but added mango to the filling.

Rita said...

Y - try it, you will love them

WC - I told Andrew about your mango addition and no surprises...he didn't like the idea.... Ithink bananas are as tropical as he can take...

Ashley said...

Those look absolutely amazing! Better than Fritters :)

This will definitely be making it to a menu at my house in the near future.

Anonymous said...

I will be such a popular mom if I present this at the table....Thx for sharing!

Rita said...

Ashley - I hope you make them, they are really easy and delicious/

nina - you will be the BEST mom, believe me!!

Anonymous said...

These look great! We're making these on Valentine's day!

Anonymous said...

try putting a little cinnamon and or nutmeg in with the bananas to really give them a nice flavor

Elizabeth said...

You have such a great blog! All your recipes look so delicious! Yummmmm and this one is no exception I defiantly want to try this one out!

Anonymous said...

These look amazing! Do you use rice paper that you have to wet with water? I need these now! <3

Rita said...

@Anonymous- it's not rice papaer, the wonton wrappers are different and don't require any soaking.

Anonymous said...

Oh, okay. Can you use rice paper?

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