Cook: Fried Banana Balls (aka Jemput Jemput Pisang aka Cekodok Pisang)

Fried Banana Balls

Fried banana balls or more commonly referred to as "Jemput Jemput Pisang" is one of my childhood favourite. My mum used to buy them off this Malay auntie stall for our afternoon tea. 

Since I moved over to Singapore, I haven't eaten it. 

As I had some overripe bananas, decided to make some for my hubby and kids. This is the first time my kids ate this, and brings back some memories for me as well.

INGREDIENTS (Makes 12 balls):

1. 8 small bananas (or 4 large ones)

2. one cup of plain flour

3. one tablespoon of salted butter, cooled down to room temperature

4. half a tablespoon of sugar

5. a pinch of salt

Ingredients required

METHODS:

1. Minced the bananas using a fork.

2. Add salt and sugar. Mix well.

3. Using hand, mix the butter into the flour

4. Add the flour/butter into the banana mixture.

5. Mix well using hand , pinching them.

Mixed and ready to deep fried

6. Heat up oil in a frying pan.

7. Using two spoons, one to scoop the mixture and one to slide them into the boiling oil.

8. Deep fried them until golden.

Turn over when it is golden

9. Served hot with a cup of coffee or tea.

Have a piece :)

Crispy outside, sweet inside

Cook: (For Banana Lovers) Low Fat Low Sugar Banana Cake

Difficulty: 3/5

After my last successful attempt on low fat low sugar banana cake, today decided to give it another try and this time round, i increase the amount of banana by 50% cause hubby is a super banana fan and he commented that the cake will be nicer with more bananas :) 

I also further reduce the sugar due to the higher banana ratio as the bananas are quite sweet!

Indeed, the cake turns out to be yummy! For this is the recipe for all banana lovers out there!

For those who just wanted a mild banana taste, this is the previous recipe link: http://eatplaycook22.blogspot.sg/2014/06/cook-low-sugar-low-fat-banana-cake.html

INGREDIENTS:
(Make one 9 inches square cake)

1. 3 medium sized eggs

2. 40g brown sugar

3. 315g of ripe banana (i used 3 large bananas)

4. 180g cake flour

5. 0.6 teaspoon of baking powder

6. 0.3 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda (baking soda)

7. 70g of vegetable oil

METHODS:

1. Sieve flour, baking powder and bicarbonate soda and set aside.

2. Whisk eggs, brown sugar and banana at high speed until the mixture double its initial amount, turns from bright yellow to pale yellow and the mixture is thicker than initial stage (as shown in picture). It is similar to a ribbon stage whereby you can see ribbon forming when you whisk.

Initial stage when all ingredients just combine together..(after 1 minute of whisking)

Continue whisking until the amount doubled, ribbon stage and colour changes to pale yellow as shown

3. Fold in the flour mixture using a spatula.

4. Add in oil and mix well. The mixture should turn glossy at this point. 

5. Pour into baking tin lined with baking paper and bake in preheated oven 160 degree celcius for 30-35 minutes ( i used 33 minutes) or until fork comes out clean when poke into cake and the top turn brownish.

Ready to go into oven

6. For decoration, i place one cookie cutter on top of the cake, dust some icing sugar and garnish with some fresh fruits. Pretty and yummy!

Some decoration to make the cake more appealing :)

Cook: Banana and chocolate chip bread pudding

Difficulty: 2/5

I had some leftover bananas and bread on the table and i thought, why not find an easy banana bread pudding recipe and make them. at the same time, the recipe is easy enough for qin to help out so she can have some fun making lunch for us as well.

adapted the recipe from:
All recipe_BANANA BREAD PUDDING

i made quite a bit of changes though...

INGREDIENTS:
(Serves 3 adults)

1. 2 eggs
2. 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
3. 1 cup of milk
4. 2 tablespoon of cocoa powder
5. 2 bananas
6. 4 pieces of white bread
7. a handful of raisin
8. a handful of chocolate chips

METHODS:

1. Mix together egg, vanilla and milk
2. Add mashed banana with cocoa powder to the mixture in step 1
3. Add choc chip, raisin and mix well
4. Lastly, add bread and ensure that the bread absorb the mixture well
5. Place the bread pudding in a water bath on top of a kitchen towel.
6. Bake for 35 minutes in oven preheated at 170 degree celcius or until the pudding is cooked

Qin showing steps to steps of  making the banana bread pudding

Cook: Low Sugar Low Fat Banana Cake

Low Sugar Low Fat Banana Cake

Difficulty: 3/5

Few days back hubby bought a bunch of banana and today they suffered a mishap.. Usually my kids will go and fiddle around with them and then the banana will drop on the floor but today i think the banana are too ripe and the wind is too strong, so 4 of the remaining banana drop on the floor... And so they ended up in my oven!

Found this recipe online and i adapted it to make a low fat low sugar version.

Wen's Delight_Banana Cake

INGREDIENTS:

1. 5 medium sized eggs

2. 80g brown sugar

3. 370g of ripe banana (i used 3 1/2 bananas)

4. 300g cake flour (You may substitute the cake flour with 263g of all purpose flour and 37g of corn starch)

5. 1 teaspoon of baking powder

6. 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda (baking soda)

7. 120g of oil 

METHODS:

1. Sieve flour, baking powder and bicarbonate soda and set aside.

2. Whisk eggs, brown sugar and banana at high speed until the mixture double its initial amount, turns from bright yellow to pale yellow and the mixture is thicker than initial stage (as shown in picture)

Before whisking

After whisking

3. Fold in the flour mixture using a spatula.

4. Add in oil and mix well.

5. Pour into baking tin and bake in preheated oven 160 degree celcius for 30-35 minutes ( i used 33 minutes) or until fork comes out clean when poke into cake and the top turn brownish.

Before baking

After baking with nice brownish colour