Pazham pori is made from Ripe bananas(Nendram pazham or ethapazham ) or plantain. Plantains are sliced lengthwise and dipped in sweetened flour and then deep fried in oil. It is Famous south indian cuisine especially in Kerala.
Pazham Pori Recipe / Pazham Appam
My first week of blogging marathon is over. Welcome to another week of blogging marathon. This week I am cooking on a theme of “Regional Specials”.
I selected kerala as this weeks region, because I love keralan foods. Their food has a lovely flavor with lots of coconut in it. I have selected 7 dishes to make all over this week. So I decided to start with a famous keralan dish called nendram pazham appam.
About Pazham Pori (Ethakka Appam)
Nendram Pazham Bajji - Nendram Pazham Appam - Pazham pori is a delicious snack made using ripe plantains. Great snack to serve with some cold drinks. The key for a tasty banana appam is to use a super ripe banana it has to be ripe and sweet.
It is one of the typical keralan snacks. I recommend you all to give this a try because It is so good. You can have this warm or at room temperature. Try to use the ripe banana for this, that what makes this dish unique. You can increase the amount of sugar in this.
I fried this in plain refined oil, but you could fry this in coconut oil, that’s how they make this in kerala. Pazham pori is served along with tea or chai as a snack in the evening.
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How to Make Pazham Pori
- Take sugar and water in a bowl, mix well so the sugar is melted.
- Add in flour, baking soda, cardamom powder and food colour and make it into a smooth thick batter.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Now peel some ripe bananas and cut them into thick rounds. Dip it into the batter. Drop it in hot oil and fry till golden.
- Drain and serve.
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Pazham Pori Recipe | Ethakka Appam Recipe | Banana Fritters Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Ripe Plantain / Nendrapazham
- ¾ cup All Purpose Flour
- 2½ tbsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- ⅛ tsp Yellow Food Colouring
- Water as needed
- Oil for Deep Frying
Instructions
- Take sugar and water in a bowl, mix well so the sugar is melted.
- Add in flour, baking soda, cardamom powder and food colour and make it into a smooth thick batter.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Now peel some ripe bananas and cut them into thick rounds. Dip it into the batter. Drop it in hot oil and fry till golden.
- Drain and serve.
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Usha
Looks yum! I would not lie to you and say I would make it bcz, I am one of those few people who dislikes bananas! 🙂
harini-jaya
Sounds interesting!
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
what a wonderful looking fritters, never made fritters out of ripe banana, they sounds superb 🙂
B D
Please do not say "Keralan" food. You csn either say Malayalee food or Keralite food. "Keralan" is never used.
Authentic ethakka appam is always made by cutting the bananas into long strips. I have never seen them made by cutting bananas into rounds
Deepthidigvijay
hmm they look..yummy..i hv been to kerala..itz a beautiful palce...food is glorious....i appreciate ur marathon "kerala"
Priya
Crispy fritters tempts me a lot..
Pavani
Yummy looking banana fritters, they are perfect as rainy day treat that we have right now.
Jayashree
This is called pazham pori.....and is a regular tea time snack in Kerala. Yours looks good.
Mom Chef
looks yum ! had these once way back in my college days on the way to Trivandrum for a field trip:)
swapna
Delicious fritters....love it!!
Now Serving
wow those are certainly mouthwatering dear!
veena krishnakumar
Nice step by step tute. Looks very yumm
PJ
They are delicious. Love to indulge. Are they same as pazhampori?
Faith
These look so tasty, I love that crispy coating! Looks like the perfect sweet treat.
Sumi
Hi aarthi... One of my fav snack... If we add some rice flour to this batter we will get nice lightly crispy pazham pori
Aarthi
@Sumiyes u can add some rice flour. But make sure you add very little
Sumi
Yes aarthi...
Aarthi Jayakannan
Hi aarthi.. Can we use any banana or jus nendrapazham?
Aarthi
@Aarthi Jayakannanthis banana taste best
Aarthi Jayakannan
Can I add any banana
Aarthi
@Aarthi Jayakannanyes u can
Viji
Hi... Bt y baking soda.??
Aarthi
@Vijibaking soda lightens the batter and crisp it up
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Johanah
Any substitute for maida?
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