Name: Banana Fritters or Bengali kolar bora recipe by Antara Navin at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas; 1 cup rice flour; 2 tbsp refined flour (maida) or whole wheat flour; 2 tbsp semolina (suji); 2 tbsp grated coconut; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp cardamon powder; 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/4 tsp nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice powder; 3 tbsp milk; A pinch of salt; 1/4 cup sugar; Oil for frying

ABOUT Banana Fritters or Bengali kolar bora RECIPE

Bengali Paka kolar bora is made from ripe bananas and serve as a delicious tea time snack. Paka means ripe, kolar is bananas and bora means fritters. This is a special Bengali delicacy prepared during Janmasthami and Makar Sankranti and made with rice flour. This is perfect way to use ripe bananas. The fritters are crispy from outside and soft inside. The recipe is quick, simple and easy.

Ingredients Serving: 4

2 ripe bananas
1 cup rice flour
2 tbsp refined flour (maida) or whole wheat flour
2 tbsp semolina (suji)
2 tbsp grated coconut
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cardamon powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice powder
3 tbsp milk
A pinch of salt
1/4 cup sugar
Oil for frying

Instructions

Mash the bananas separately in a bowl using a fork. Add the milk into it and mix it evenly.
Add baking soda to the rice flour in a mixing bowl. Whisk it a little so that it is evenly mixed.
Add the refined or whole wheat flour to the rice flour mixture. Then add semolina and grated coconut into the mixing bowl.
Next, add sugar, cinnamon powder, cardamon powder, nutmeg or pumpkin spice and a pinch of salt in the mixing bowl. Add the mashed bananas now into the mixing bowl.
Combine and mix all the ingredients using a spatula so that there are no lumps. Refrigerate this mixture for 15-20 minutes.
After 15-20 minutes, heat enough oil in a heavy bottom pan to fry the fritters. The oil should neither be too hot nor too cold.
Add a little batter to the oil. If it rises at once from the bottom to the top and does not get burnt, then the oil is the correct temperature.
Add 5-6 medium sized fritters using hand or spoons into the pan and fry them on a medium flame till they become crispy and golden on all sides. Do not overcrowd the pan.
Take out the fritters on a plate and let it rest on a paper towel for 3-4 minutes to drain the excess oil.
Serve the bananas fritters or paka kolar bora (as popularly known in Bengal) hot.

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