Malpua with banana recipe with step by step photo - Malpua is a traditional North Indian sweet of soft, fluffy and yet crisp pancakes served with rabri, Chicken curry or dum aloo.

Malpua with banana recipe with step by step photo - Malpua is a traditional North Indian sweet of soft, fluffy and yet crisp pancakes served with rabri, Chicken curry or dum aloo. Basically this is most popular dish in Bihar and Jharkhand.  At the time of Holi festival Malpua is common recipe in every house of Bihar. The inner texture of this malpua is fluffy and the outside edges are crisp. Holi festival is today, so I thought of sharing this malpua recipe.

Preparation Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: 40 Minutes
Serving: 4 - 6

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour (Maida) -1.5 cup
• Semolina (sooji/rava)-1/2 cup
• Sugar -1 cup
• Milk (boiled)-2 cup
• Green cardamom powder - 1tsp
• Mixed dry fruits (chopped)-50 gm
• Fennel seeds (saunf)-1 tbsp
• Ripe banana (mashed) - 1 (optional)
• Cooking oil or ghee - for deep frying

Methods:

1. Take maida in a big bowl, add semolina and sugar in it. Mix it well.

2. Add milk in it little in one time. Mix the batter for 3-4 minutes and ensure that there are no lumps in it.

3. Add ripe banana in this and mix it very well.

4. Add chopped dry fruits, cardamom powder and fennel seeds in the batter and mix it.

5. Keep the batter aside for an hour.

6. Heat sufficient oil/ghee in a pan.

7. Drop a pinch of batter to check the temperature of oil.

8. Put a serving spoon of batter in center of the hot oil in a single consistency, do not spread the batter.

9. Fry it on low heat for 2-3 minutes, flip it to fry other side carefully.

10. Fry this pua on low heat from both sides till its turns golden brown.

11. Drain on paper towel to extract extra oil.

12. Repeat the same process for remaining batter.

13. Serve hot with dum aloo or chicken curry.


Malpua with banana recipe with step by step photo:

1. Take maida in a big bowl, add semolina and sugar in it. Mix it well.

2. Add milk in it little in one time. Mix the batter for 3-4 minutes and ensure that there are no lumps in it.

3. Add ripe banana in this and mix it very well.

4. Add chopped dry fruits, cardamom powder and fennel seeds in the batter and mix it.

5. Heat sufficient oil/ghee in a pan.  Put a serving spoon of batter in center of the hot oil in a single consistency, do not spread the batter. Fry this pua on low heat from both sides till its turns golden brown.

6. Drain on paper towel to extract extra oil.

7. Serve hot with rabri, dum aloo or chicken curry.