Gulf News' Your Ramadan Table' food show: Banana Turon

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 2 to 3

Ingredients

200 gms banana

150 gms jackfruit (thinly sliced, seeds removed)

100 gms white sugar

100 gms cashew

50 gms flour

1 cup water

Vanilla ice cream as needed

Puff pastry sheet as needed

Cooking oil

Method

Peel and slice the banana in half and thinly slice the jackfruit. Set aside.

In a saucepan, add a cup of water, some sugar, and a pinch of salt. Cook the jackfruit in the sugar mix over a medium flame until it becomes soft. Once done, set it aside to cool.

In a bowl, mix all-purpose flour with water to form a paste. Use this as the glue for the pastry.

Now, take a puff pastry sheet, place the sliced banana in the middle, add the cooked jackfruit, and roll it. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of sugar over the fruits, then fold it in half or roll it and seal it. Set it aside.

Toast the cashews in a pan, then roughly chop them.

In a pan, add two tablespoons of sugar and caramelise it over a medium flame. Then add the chopped nuts and stir. Once cooled, put the mixture in a tray, crush it, and use it as a topping for the turon.

Add cooking oil to a pan and fry the stuffed pastry over a low to medium flame until golden brown.

While frying, add a teaspoon of sugar to the oil to help the pastry caramelise and achieve a nice golden colour. Once done, strain and allow it to cool, then serve with the crumbled cashews on top and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Tips

Use saba banana if possible; if not, use Chiquita or any other banana available in the UAE.

You can also use brown sugar instead of white sugar.

Cover the pastry sheets with a damp cloth to avoid dryness.

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