How to Spring at dinner Pazhampori or banana podi

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Pazhampori or banana podi. Kerala Pazham Pori Recipe is a favorite banana fritters from Kerala made from Nendra Pazham The Pazham Pori is made from a ripened plantain called 'Nendram Pazham' which is a local fruit found in most of the region in Kerala. The banana is dipped in a sweetened flour batter and fried till it is golden brown and crispy.  Serve the Kerala Pazham Pori Recipe as a Tea Time Snack or make. Pazham pori aka Ethakka appam or banana (Kerala Plantain) fritters is a traditional evening snack item in Kerala.

Pazham pori Preparation Banana fritters or pazham pori - If you're craving for something sweet, make these banana fritters.

A simple yet delicious snack made with the humble bananas.

Crisp on the outside and soft inside, this is ideal for your afternoon snack or any time of the day.

You can have Pazhampori or banana podi using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pazhampori or banana podi

1. You need 2 of Nenthrapazham or plantains.

2. It’s 3/4 cup of gram flour /besan.

3. It’s 1 tbsp of maida/All purpose flour.

4. You need To taste of Salt.

5. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Roasted and crushed jeera/cumin seeds.

6. You need As needed of Coconut oil for frying.

Pazham Pori is a very popular snack from Kerala.

Much like the Pisang Goreng from the countries of South-East Asia, this is a superbly tasty snack.

It is made using ethakka (the giant sized bananas available widely in Kerala.

I, however, used the small, sweet bananas (grown in my brother's garden in Kochi) and it… Banana Podi Mangalore Style

Pazhampori or banana podi step by step

1. Slit the plantains into long and thin pieces and cut each pieces into two… If you want you can keep it long… I like it small…..

2. Make a batter adding besan and maida adding 3/4-1cup water…. Make sure there is no lumps add salt and crushed jeera… You can add cardamom powder instead of roasted and crushed jeera.

3. Tip in all the plantain pieces into the batter and coat each slices with the batter….

4. Heat oil for deep frying and when hot drop the plantain pieces and fry till golden yellow colour… ready to serve..

Pazhampori/ Ethakkappam/ Vazhakkappam (Kerala Banana/plantain Fritter) is an all time favorite snack of malayalees/Keralites.

It is a traditional evening snack (nalumani palaharam) for keralites.

Banana fritters recipe Pazham Pori Recipe / Ethakka Appam Recipe / Banana Fritters Recipe.

I already have a version of banana fritters in this blog.

This one is a updated version of it with new pics as well.