Stuffed Banana Fritters | Pazham Nirachadhu Recipe

Stuffed banana fritters / Pazham nirachadhu is made with ripe banana which is stuffed with a sweet mixture of coconut and poha. It is a very tasty and inevitable snack from Kerala. Yethangai is used to prepare this. Yesterday my amma brought me some yethangai and this recipe soon strikes me. This fritters is my most favorite childhood snack.
I love this so much but have tasted only few times. Whenever i go to a place near kanyakumari, I get a chance to eat this fritters. I never thought I will make this at home some day. I'm very happy about the result. Everyone at home liked this snack. Please try this and let me know how it turned out...

Stuffed Banana Fritters

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks

Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 5 mins | Yields: 3

Ingredients:

Banana - 3

Oil - for deep frying

For filling:

Poha / Aval - 1/2 cup

Coconut(grated) - 1/2 cup

Jaggery / Sugar - 2 tblspn

Cardamom - a generous pinch

Ghee - 2 tsp

For batter:

All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup

Rice flour - 1 tsp (optional)

Baking soda - a pinch

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Sugar - 1 tblspn

Salt - to taste

Water - 3/4 cup

Method:

Heat ghee in a pan, add grated coconut. Fry for a minute and add poha, grated jaggery, cardamom powder. Cook until it becomes dry.

Prepare the thick batter by adding the ingredients listed under "for batter". Set them aside.

Now cut the banana as shown in the picture(cut a triangle lengthwise). Fill the banana with the stuffing prepared and cover it back with the batter and give a nice coating.

Heat oil in a frying pan. Once it becomes hot, dip the stuffed banana into the batter and fry them into golden color.

Transfer it to a paper towel to drain excess oil.

Serve hot. Enjoy!

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Heat ghee in a pan, add grated coconut and fry for a minute

To this, add poha

jaggery goes in

and cardamom. Cook for 2 mins.

Stuffing is ready

Now, In a large mixing bowl, take maida, rice flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and turmeric. Combine everything together

Add 3/4th  cup of water to the mixture and mix well

A thick batter is ready

Now cut a small piece of triangle as shown in the picture

Fill the banana with the stuffing prepared

Cover it with the same piece and give a nice coating with the batter prepared

Heat oil in a pan and fry the banana until golden brown