Cucur Pisang.

This easy malaysian recipe is made as an afternoon tea snack and its called Cucur Pisang.

Actually, there are many ways to describe it...in some Malaysian states, it's called cengkodok while in others it's called jemput-jemput.

It's incredibly easy to prepare. The method is similar to making pancakes ie. dumping all the ingredients into a large bowl and mixing away.

It's then shaped and deep fried and the results will look like dark brown misshaped golf bowls.

Cucur Pisang

Ingredients

1 cup flour

5 mashed Bananas

1/2 cup milk

a pinch of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla essence.

sunflower or corn oil for frying.

1. Place the sifted flour into a large bowl.

2. Add the mashed Bananas, milk, salt and vanilla essence into the bowl.

3. Mix the ingredients until well combined.

4. In a wok or deep pan, heat the oil. When it's hot, use a spoon to scoop the prepared mixture and drop into the hot oil.

5. Do this in batches so that it's easier to manage.

6. Fry the balls until brown and cooked. Scoop them up and place onto a absorbent paper towel to absorb the excess oil.

7. The snack should not necessarily be a perfect round ball.

Variations.

Malaysians make different versions of this recipe. Any leftover or extra vegetables can be cut up and mixed with the flour and fried.

The savoury versions may have chopped shrimps, coriander leaves or potatoes thrown into it and are served with homemade chilli sauce and it's a common teatime snack.