Banana Crackers

Ingredients

1 kilo green cooking bananas (saba)

kilo refined sugar

Vegetable oil

Materials

Cooking utensils

Strainer

Plastic bags

Procedure

1. Peel bananas and cut into thin slices.

2. Coat slices with sugar.

3. Deep-fry until they become golden brown.

4.Using a strainer, drain oil from banana slices.

5. Pack banana slices and seal.

Banana Flour

Ingredients

Good quality, almost-ripe cooking bananas (saba)

1% salt solution (1 tablespoon salt dissolved in 5 cups water).

Solution must be enough to cover bananas while soaking.

Hot water

Materials

Wire trays

Cabinet drier

Grinder, strainer, or sieve

Cooking utensils

Airtight containers

Procedure

1. Peel and soak bananas in salt solution for about an hour.

2. Discard salt water and blanch bananas in hot water for 4 minutes.

3. Wash bananas in tap water.

4. Cut bananas lengthwise, I mm. thick.

5. Spread bananas over wire trays and crispy dry in cabinet.

6. Grind dried bananas. Sieve.

7. Store banana flour in airtight containers.

Babana Fritters

Ingredients

200 grams bananas (saba)

2 pieces egg yolks

1 cup flour

1 gram salt

4 cups water

1 tablespoon refined sugar

Edible oil (as needed)

Materials

Cooking utensils

Bags

Trays

Procedure

1. Cut bananas thinly and dry.

2. Put dried bananas in trays and cover them with water. Soak for

2 hours. Drain.

3. Beat egg yolks in mixing bowl. Add flour, salt, water, and sugar. Mix well until mixture thickens.

4. Add bananas. Mix to coat bananas.

5. Fry a spoontul of mixture at a time until fritter becomes golden brown.

6. Store in plastic bags.