Description
These deep fried Mangalore buns are nothing but fried sweet banana puri is from the Mangalore region in Karnataka, made with mashed bananas, flour, sugar and spiced with a touch of ground cumin. These sweet fried puri taste great with coconut chutney or just on their own.
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Ingredients
- 4 bananas, preferably overripe
- 1 cup plain curd, beaten
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Salt to taste
- 1 ½ tablespoons ghee
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Add over ripened bananas into a large mixing bowl.
- Use a whisk, fork and mash it till smooth (the bananas have to be mashed well).
- To this, add curd, sugar, and cumin seeds. Mix it well.
- Add all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt to taste.
- Start kneading the dough. Knead it for 5 minutes till the dough turns smooth.
- Apply some ghee on the dough.
- Cover and keep the dough aside at a warm place for at least 2-3 hours.
- After fermentation, knead the dough once.
- Now pinch lemon size balls and flatten them using a rolling pin to form buns slightly thicker than puri. Do not flatten it too much.
- Heat oil in a pan on a medium flame.
- Once the oil is hot, deep fry the buns into hot oil on medium heat from both the sides until they turn dark golden brown in colour.
- Transfer it to a paper towel to remove any excess oil.
- Repeat this process with the remaining buns.
- Serve the buns warm with tea, coffee or with coconut chutney.
Notes
- This recipe needs overripe and ripe bananas for making the best buns.
- If you like, you may adjust the amount of sugar depending on the sweetness of bananas.
- You can replace all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour or take equal proportion of both flours.
- Make sure the dough should be smooth and slightly sticky.
- Remember the more you knead the dough and the more time you let the dough to ferment, will make your buns fluffier.
- The oil should be medium hot while frying the buns, else will turn the buns dark brown.
- Always use any neutral-flavoured oil with a high smoking point for deep frying.
- If you wanna make vegan banana buns then use plant-based yogurt and oil to knead the dough.
- Category: Sweets
- Cuisine: Mangalorean
Keywords: Soft Mangalore Buns, Sweet Banana Bun, Easy banana puri recipe, Evening Snacks Recipe, Banana Recipe