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Spicy Banana Pepper Fritters

These Hot Chili Peppers which are commonly known as ‘Banana Peppers’ is named because it resembles the shape of a banana. It is 6-inch-long pepper, mild hot because of its seeds.

These banana pepper fritters are easy to make in less than 30 minutes. My husband wanted it spicy so I haven’t removed the seeds in my recipe. If you cannot take the spice, I recommend slicing the pepper vertically through the center and removing the seeds before coating with the chickpea flour.

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients

Vegetable oil for deep frying

Banana peppers – 7 (spicy)

Chickpea / Gram flour (Besan) – 1 1/2 cup

Kashmiri Red chili powder – 1 tbsp

Salt – 3/4 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Water – 3/4 cup

 

 

Directions

1. Prepare a paste by adding all the ingredients: flour, chili powder, salt, turmeric. Add 3/4 cup water and mix to form a thick paste. Add more water if necessary, the batter must be thick.

chili powder & besan/chickpea flour for banana

saltturmeric for hot pepper fritter

 

2. Coat the peppers with the above chickpea mixture. Place it separately on a plate.

chili pepper fritter coating

3. Heat a deep-wide-bottomed container with 2 inch vegetable oil set at medium for deep frying.

Once its hot enough. Carefully place the peppers in hot oil. I fried 2 at a time in batches.

deep frying banana pepper

4. Fry on each side for 2 mins until they turn brown. Transfer and drain into paper towels.

5. Serve with coriander chutney, ketchup or can just be enjoyed plain with an evening cup of tea.

pepper fritter, hot pepper fritter

inside of Banana pepper

 

 

Notes:

*If you want to have a dip of coriander chutney, refer my previous post of goli baje recipe for instructions.

 

Hope you have a lovely Monday! Stay healthy!

 

 

 

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Moist Cassava Cake (or Tapioca Cake)

Cassava cake is one of my favorite snack with a light, delicious, aromatic flavor. It is one of the traditional tea time snack that looked inviting to me at the local bakeries in Singapore. It might look simple but once you taste it the texture of the cake is supremely addictive. Tapioca cake in Malay is called as Kuih Bingka Ubi.

Tapioca is extracted from Cassava root. The flesh can be chalk-white or yellowish. Hence, the color.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cook : 1 hr 30 minutes

 

Ingredients

Round baking pan 25 cm

Parchment paper

Grated tapioca – 1 kg, at room temperature (1.4 kg when I bought it before peeling.You can use a store bought grated tapioca or manually grate it if not available).

Eggs – 2

Granulated Sugar – 1 cup

Salt – 1/4 tsp

Undiluted coconut milk – 375 ml

Water – 1/4 cup

 

Directions

For Grating the tapioca

If you have grated tapioca that’s bought from the market skip these steps.

 

+ Peel the cassava root.

Cassava root, tapioca

Tapioca, Cassava

 

+ Grate the tapioca with a grater as shown below.

Grated tapioca

 

+ Once the grating is done, use a 15 inch long cotton towel. Place the grated tapioca at the center of the towel and get the ends of the towel together in your palm and squeeze the juices (or tapioca starch) from the grated tapioca until dry. (I did this part by part so it gets easier to squeeze excess liquid from them).

Tapioca starch

+ Place the liquid-starch aside. In about 15 mins – 30 mins you will notice a white powder settling at the bottom.

 

 

1. Preheat oven to 175 degree Celsius (350 degree F) for 10 mins, grease the pan with parchment paper.

Round baking pan, parchment paper

2. Carefully pour in the liquid ( liquid-starch ) into the grated tapioca leaving behind the white starch at the bottom. 

Tapioca Starch

3. In a separate bowl combine eggs, sugar and salt. Mix until the sugar is partially dissolved. Pour this to the above mixture.

eggs, sugar

eggs, salt, sugar

4. Add coconut milk and water. Mix well.

coconut milk, Ayam brand

grated tapioca, sugar,salt,eggs

5. Gradually, pour the mixture into the baking tray. Tap the edges to settle any unfilled gaps.

baking tray, tapioca

 

6. Bake for 1 hour at 180 degree Celsius. Insert a skewer into the center and make sure it comes out clean. (I baked it for 1 hr 30 minutes to get a nice color at the top).

 

7.  Remove it from the oven and let it cool completely.

Cassava cake, tapioca cake

Tapioca cake, Cassava cake

Storage:

+ Store in airtight container in the fridge.

+ Reheat and serve.

 

 

 

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