Pazham pori with a cup of hot cardamom tea, even the thought of this makes me nostalgic and cozy. Pazham pori or Plantain fritter is one of the most famous evening snacks in Kerala. It’s one of the simplest and the humblest snacks as well. As Kerala is the land of plantain, you will come across many plantain dishes while in Kerala. Among those, plantain fritter or pazham pori has been the popular and the favourite snack of almost all the people there. This snack is often fried in most of the homes to serve along with tea in the evening.
Pazham Pori / banana fritters
Ingredients:
Ripe plantain – 3 nos
All purpose flour – 1 cup
Rice flour – 1 tablespoon
Egg – 1 (optional)
Sugar – 1 tablespoon
Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
Water ¾ cup
Salt to taste
Baking powder – ½ teaspoon
Oil – for deep frying
Method:
- Peel the plantains, first cut it vertically, then cut it into halves.
- cut the halved plantain vertically to get two thin slices out of it and keep aside.
- In a bowl, mix all purpose flour, rice flour, sugar, turmeric powder (egg) , baking powder and salt. Blend it nicely with 3/4 cup of water with out any lumps.
- Dip the plantain slices in bit of plain flour and then into the prepared batter and evenly coat them.
- Heat the oil in a deep bottom pan. When it is hot, deep fry the batter coated plantain slices by turning both sides till golden brown.
- Pazham pori is ready. Drain the excess oil using a paper towel.
This sounds really good
You got my creative juices flowing
Sheldon
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Thank you Sheldon:)
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Loved reading all ur recipes. Love Kerala and plantains too! Excellent!
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Thank you Umesh ji. Hope you had a great experience in kerala:)) and glad you enjoyed the read.😊
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u bet.. it was memorable though .. long time ago.
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Umesh bhai, Give it a try again and refresh your memories:)
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Will do!
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My favorite
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Me too love it!!
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Plantain fries are my favorite ! Thanks for sharing this recipe .. Lovely blog ! Wonderful recipes !
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Thank you for the compliment. Plantains are my favourite too!! Glad you liked my blog.😊
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I prepare something similar to this during rains as well. 🙂 Lovely picture 🙂
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Thank you for the compliment Ritzs:))
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I love anything with plantain and missing this yummiest thing here 😦 …..(wont get plantain here in this part of the world )
Carving for pazham pori so much and i am drooling looking at your pictures 🙂
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Hi Nadishaf, thank you for your compliment. You are soo generous. Me too love Plantain:))
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This looks so good! I have to try it Sumith!
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Glad you like it Divya. Once you made let me know:))
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This is my favourite and it brings back good old childhood memories in Kerala. Thank you so much Sumith for stopping by my blog and you have a wonderful blog with mouth watering recipes.
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You bring water in mouth this is not good. All time I read your post all time it comes. Sometimes also invite me to eat 😊😋
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Thank you Vibhash☺
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This looks wonderful!!! 🙂
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Thanks kristy:)
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pazham pori…just having the same.. but i made it with wheat flour..
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Yes Akhila, we can do it with wheat flour as well.
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They sound lovely.
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Thanks Nancy:)
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We make something similar too…these look delicious especially with the rains setting in :))
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Plantain fritters are ever time favourite!!!
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Vaayil vellam! kothipikkale!
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Kappal Oodumoo…
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oodoum 🙂
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