Instant Banana Appam

Banana appam | Banana fritters, a super easy Instant snack to make with banana fruit, a tasty and quick solution for all your ripen bananas! It can be made in less than 15 minutes , and recipe uses only 6 basic pantry ingredients, also no eggs is used. These fritters are not very sweet, just perfect for everyone. Texture of these fritters are, it has an crispy outer, soft and  slightly chewy inner part. Banana appams / fritters can be served for morning breakfast , as an evening snack or for kids lunch box. Recipe includes instructions with stepwise pictures.

Fritter batter does not have any resting time,  instantly mix, fry and serve. So its quick to make, and also uses very  less ingredients. For those who do not like to eat too sweet, then they will definitely love this appam / fritters. I make this sweet for evening snacks every time I’ve a ripen bananas, for many Indian festival days, like Krishna Jayanthi / Krishna Janmashtami ( my mom says lord Krishna likes appams). When you have to make many dishes for festive days , I end up making appam as one of the dish, because it is less time consuming and so easy to make.

For best taste use only ripen bananas

Appam / fritters tastes delicious and naturally sweet, when the bananas are ripe. How to choose bananas for this recipe ? The banana should be a light-yellow, brown Spots is okay, soft to squeeze, no green on the stem. Take one banana down from the bunch, If it’s too hard to peel, then they are not ripe yet.

What is the correct consistency of the fritter batter?

Batter is thicker than idli /dosa / pancake batter consistency. You will be able to only Scoop the batter using the Kuli Karandi / laddle on one hand and with the help of a teaspoon on your other hand, empty the batter from the karandi /pit spoon into the hot oil and deep fry to golden brown. Alternately you can use an ice cream scooper to drop the batter into the oil.

Alternative to brown sugar

You can use white granulated sugar instead of brown, but I choose to add brown sugar so the fritters when deep fried naturally gives the golden brown color. If using white sugar, then add the same quantity as mentioned in the recipe .

To make it nuts free?

If you’re allergic to nuts, then skip the cashew nuts in the recipe. There will not be any taste difference in the fritter. But cashew nuts gives good texture and crunchiness for every bite ( I recommend adding it if you’re not allergic to nuts).

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Step by step pictures of how to make the instant banana Appam / fritters

Ingredients Required – Smash 2 Ripe bananas using your hands / fork without any lumps , add 2 cups of maida /all purpose flour , 1 pinch cooking soda (Sodium bicarbonate), 1 pinch salt, 1 cup brown sugar , 2 tblspn cashew nuts and 3/4 cup (135 ML ) water.

Mixing the batter

Take a deep pot / kadai, add enough oil for deep frying, and heat in MEDIUM-LOW flame. Then In a bowl add the banana first and mash it well without big lumps using your hand or fork.

Add brown sugar / white granulated sugar, and mix well , Then followed by cashew nuts .

Now add soda (Sodium bicarbonate), salt , maida / all purpose flour , water, and gently mix into a thick batter consistency ( thicker than idli / dosa /pancake batter ). Do not over mix the batter.

Deep Frying the fritter / appams

Once the oil is hot, ( how to test if the oil is ready for frying without using thermometer) – add a few DROPS of batter into the hot, once you drop the batter into the oil it should pop right back up to the top surface, then it is the right temperature for deep frying. Use a small sized kuli karandi / Pit Spoon, scoop the batter, and drop it into the hot oil. Fry few (4 to 5 ) appams in each batch. Make sure the flame is always in medium- low only, else appam /fritters will get burnt, and browned on the outside and will not get cooked inside. Fry appams to golden brown color,  approximately it will take 3 to 4 minutes. Repeat frying the appams in batches until the batter is done. Drain the fried fritters on a paper towel to drain excess oil. Serve warm for best taste and texture ( crunchiness) .