Caramel deep-fried banana

Deep-fried banana is one of the easiest dessert to make. It can go a bit elaborated to please the party crowd, but it's still very delicious as it is.

Ingredients (for 4 persons):

2 banana, ripe but not soft, peeled, cut into 1 inch thick

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup plain flour minus 2 Tbps

2 Tbps rice flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

optional: caramel or honey or maltose

optional: chopped nut

Steps:

1. To prepare batter: mix flour, rice flour, salt, baking powder and buttermilk.

2. Dip the cut banana in batter and deep-fry it in medium/medium-high heat until it turns golden.

3. Drizzle with honey/ maltose and sprinkle some nuts.

In Hongkong some restaurants like to dip the deep-fried banana into hot caramel, then drop it in cold water right away, drain immediately. This way each deep-fried banana is coated with crunchy caramel. It is fun to eat and fun to watch. But in a home-kitchen to complete the whole task the timing is a bit tricky, especially when there's a party going on. Therefore, I prepared this caramel "basket handle" beforehand, later I used it to garnish this banana dessert.