Filipino
Maruya (Banana Fritters)
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Maruya (Banana Fritters) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the fresh side and the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Peel the saba banana, slice lengthwise, and fan slightly.
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Whisk the flour, sugar, egg, and milk into a smooth batter.
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Heat the oil and dip each banana in the batter, then fry until golden and crisp, about 2 minutes per side.
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Drain and roll in extra sugar while still warm.
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Serve warm as a merienda.
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Serve it with
A Filipino breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Maruya (Banana Fritters), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Maruya (Banana Fritters) carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Adobong Baboy (Pork Adobo) |
| Gluten | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Adobong Baboy (Pork Adobo) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 47 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 18 g
- Sodium
- 10 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Maruya (Banana Fritters) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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