Kabalagala (banana pancakes)

Name: Kabalagala (banana pancakes)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Ugandan
Ingredients: 5 very ripe sweet bananas (ndizi); 2 cups cassava flour, plus extra for dusting; ½ tsp baking soda; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch chilli powder (optional, traditional); MAMI Sunflower Oil for frying

Sweet little pancakes of ripe bananas and cassava flour, a Kampala classic.

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
Serves: 4

Made withMAMI Sunflower Oil

Ingredients

5 very ripe sweet bananas (ndizi)
2 cups cassava flour, plus extra for dusting
½ tsp baking soda
1 pinch salt
1 pinch chilli powder (optional, traditional)
MAMI Sunflower Oil for frying

Method

Mash the bananas until completely smooth.
Mix in the cassava flour, baking soda, salt and chilli a little at a time until you have a firm, rollable dough.
Dust the counter with cassava flour and roll the dough to about 1 cm thick. Cut into rounds.
Heat about 3 cm of oil in a pan over medium heat and fry the rounds until puffed and deep golden on both sides.
Drain on paper towel and serve warm.

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