GastronomicGallivant: South African Sweet Fritters

Majestic Elephants with large tusks, Wild Safari and Sweet Banana Fritters are the things that mostly come to my mind when I think of Africa.What about you?These deep-fried Sweet Fritters are generally consumed during breakfast and are considered as a pancake variant. But to me the round/oblong puffy dough look like donuts minus the glaze and they very much resemble the Kenyan/Malawian Banana Mandazi and South Indian Sweet Bonda. For a change I made these fritters with Pulped Mangoes simply because I didn't have any ripe bananas.Rest assured that I shall be making this version from now on. Scroll down for the recipe-
This goes as an entry to this month's Monthly Mingle "South Africa" Hosted @Meeta's Whats for lunch Honey? 

Ingredients:

• Self Rising Flour - 1/2 cup
• Baking Powder - a pinch
• Egg - 1, Whisked
• Sugar - 1 tbsp or less
• Sweetened Mango Pulp - 1/4 cup
• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Allspice powder - a pinch
• Oil for deep frying

Procedure:

• Sift together the flour, baking powder, allspice in a bowl.
• Mix together the egg, milk, mango pulp, sugar in another bowl.
• Pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and mix until evenly incorporated.
• Let the mixture rest for about 30 minutes.
• Using a spoon or ice-cream scoop drop the batter gently into hot oil and fry them in batches.
• Completely cook and sprinkle some confectioners sugar on top.
• Have it with a cup of tea.

Makes 20-25 rounds/oblongs

Note:

• All purpose flour may be used instead but with appropriate substitution-One cup self-rising flour equals:

1 cup all-purpose flour, plus
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, plus
1/8 teaspoons salt.
Enjoy!

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