Banana Toffee

A classic chinese dessert..

This is my first attempt to making a chinese dessert.. I saw this dessert on a tv channel and was so tempted that i had to make this straight away.. Looks easy but the workstation gets kind of messy while trying to make it.. Specially the 2nd part ie coating with sugar and dipping it in ice cold water.. It needs to be acted upon quite fast otherwise the caramalised sugar tends to thicken.. If this happens, reheat the sugar again on low flame taking care the caramel doesnt burn.. Coming to the taste, it was crispy on the outside and soft and mushy on the inside..  Tastes best when served immediately after making it..  Overall it was an amazing experience making this chinese dessert.. Would love to try it with other fruit next time..

Banana Toffee

Ingredients:

2 bananas ripe but firm

2tbsp cornflour

Oil for frying

For batter:

2tbsp maida

1tbsp cornflour

4tbsp water

1tsp oil

For coating:

3/4 cup sugar

Method: Peel bananas and cut diagonally in 1 inch cube.. Mix all the ingredients of batter.. The batter should be thick enough to coat the bananas well.. So the water content specified in the ingredients is perfect for this..  Heat oil in a pan for frying.. Take banana cubes and coat it in cornflour. Then dip in the batter and put in the hot oil with the help of a fork.. Using fork makes it easy to handle coated bananas.. Deep fry till golden brown on medium flame.. Remove on a tissue paper.. Fry all the banana cubes same way.. Take a bowl and fill half with water and add ice cubes in it.. Keep it aside... Now take the sugar in another pan and melt it on low flame till it caramalise and turn golden brown in color.. Take care that sugar doesn't burn.. Off the gas.. With the help of spoon coat bananas in the caramalised sugar and dip it in the ice cold water the very next moment for 30 secs.. This helps the caramel to harden and give a crispy texture outside.. Remove in a plate.. Do this way with all the fried bananas.. Arrange in a plate and sprinkle sesame seeds on top and serve as it is or with a scoop of vanilla icecream..

variations: apple, pineapple