Name: Kolar(Banana) Malpoa recipe by Alina Sarker at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Sugar 1 and 1/2 cup; Water 1 cup; Sooji 1/2 cup; Plain flour 1/4 cup; Ripe bananas 2; Warm milk 1/2 cup; Raisins/ Kishmish, a handful; Green cardamoms 5-6; Saunf/ Aniseed 2 tsp; Oil /Ghee for shallow frying

ABOUT Kolar(Banana) Malpoa RECIPE

Bengalis love sweets, this recipe is an improvisation of the kolar (banana) bora (vada), which my mother occasionally made at home.

Ingredients Serving: 10

Sugar 1 and 1/2 cup
Water 1 cup
Sooji 1/2 cup
Plain flour 1/4 cup
Ripe bananas 2
Warm milk 1/2 cup
Raisins/ Kishmish, a handful
Green cardamoms 5-6
Saunf/ Aniseed 2 tsp
Oil /Ghee for shallow frying

Instructions

Make a sugar syrup by boiling sugar and water together, add 2 green cardamoms which will add flavour to the syrup. Boil till the syrup sticks to the back of a spoon. It should not be too thick. Then keep aside.
In the warm milk, soak the sooji for sometime. Puree the ripe bananas in a blender along with a tsp of the aniseed. Make a paste of the flour with a little water. Now mix all of them together, adding the remaining 1 tsp of aniseed and raisins.
Mix all the ingredients to form a thick batter( add extra milk if the batter is too thick).
Heat oil or ghee in a saucepan, reduce the heat to a simmer, pour a ladle ful of the batter in the pan and fry on a low flame. Then flip over and fry the other side till it's lightly browned at the sides. Remove with a slotted spoon and immerse in the sugar syrup.
Serve hot or in room temperature.

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