Kolar Boda (Bengali Style Banana Fritters)
Kolar Boda is Bengali style Eggless Banana Fritters. A great way to use over ripe bananans. It is flavored with roasted fennel seeds and a little bit of semolina is added for the crunch.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon fennel seeds
- 3 over ripe bananas
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ¼ cup rice flour
- 2 tablespoon fine semolina
- 2 tablespoon milk
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- oil for deep-frying
Instructions
- Scatter the fennel seeds on a hot dry pan at medium heat and roast it for a few seconds. Then, roughly crush the seeds.
- In a mixing bowl, mash the bananas. Add the wheat flour, rice flour, semolina, salt, baking soda, milk and crushed fennel seeds. Give it a mix to bring it all together.
- Place a heavy bottom pan on medium heat and pour enough oil to reach 1½ inch height from the bottom of the pan. Once the oil heats up, drop the mixture using a spoon or a small cookie scooper (about 1 tablespoon amount). Do not over crowd the pan.
- Toss around the fritters for about 3 to 4 minutes or until the fritters turn golden brown in color.
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Notes
Frying time of the fritters will depend on the size of the fritters. Also make sure you do not fry in high heat or else, it will brown up outside and remain soggy inside.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Makes 18