Banana puff puff
Yield:
~15 puff puff
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Additional Time:
1 hour
Total Time:
1 hour 20 minutes
A popular West African street food.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (120ml) warm water
- 1 tsp. active dry yeast
- 2 Tbsp. (50g) sugar
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 1/3 cups (170g) flour
- 3/8 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 2 cups peanut oil, for frying
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine water, yeast, and sugar. Set aside to proof for 5 minutes. In a large mixing bowl, mash banana.
- Add yeast mixture to mashed banana and mix well. Stir in flour, salt, and nutmeg.
- Cover and set aside. Allow to rise for 1 hour or until about doubled in size. Refrigerate if making later. (If dough has been refrigerated, let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before frying).
- Add oil to a medium heavy bottom pot. Heat over medium-high (7) until hot. (Oil is hot when batter is dropped in and doesn’t sink).
- Stir batter to deflate the bubbles.
- Drop batter by the tablespoon into the oil. In batches, fry on both sides until golden brown, ~2 minutes per side.
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