Brinhola

Name: Brinhola
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Cap-Vert
Ingredients: 400 g — peeled ripe dessert bananas; 180 g — fine maize flour; 80 g — wheat flour; 100 g — beaten eggs without shells; 80 ml — pasteurised milk; 40 g — sugar; 6 g — baking powder; 60 g — vegetable oil

Brinhola — Prepared with peeled ripe dessert bananas, fine maize flour, wheat flour.

Ingredients

400 g — peeled ripe dessert bananas
180 g — fine maize flour
80 g — wheat flour
100 g — beaten eggs without shells
80 ml — pasteurised milk
40 g — sugar
6 g — baking powder
60 g — vegetable oil

Preparation

Mash ripe bananas.

Mix eggs, milk and sugar, then banana, flours and baking powder.

Rest 10 minutes to a soft spoonable batter.

Heat a separate frying bath to about 170°C.

Fry small spoonfuls in batches 3–4 minutes, turning, until cooked through with no raw batter.

Drain on a rack and serve warm.

Listed 60 g oil is estimated uptake, not bath volume.