Turons

This week Joan's event A Culinary Tour Around the World is taking us to The Philippines.  I google searched for some vegan Philippo recipes, since I am fasting and I decided to make Turons which are Sweet fried Banana Spring Rolls and are snacks sold in sidewalks.  The original recipe was made with spring roll wrappers but unfortunately as I could not find any,  I decided to make them the Greek way, with phyllo.

I do not know how the original ones taste but these were perfect.   I ate one with some icing sugar and one with honey and walnuts.  My daughter and husband who are not strictly fasting, ate theirs with whipping cream and merenda, which is similar to nutella.

Turons - Vegan

Preparation time:  10 minutes

Cooking time:  10 minutes

Serves:  6

Ingredients:

3

Bananas, cut lengthwise

3

sheets

Phyllo, cut in the middle

6

teaspoon

Dark brown sugar

½

teaspoon

Cinnamon

3

tablespoon

Sunflower oil, for brushing

1

cup

Sunflower oil, for deep frying

Directions

1.

Cut each phyllo in the middle.

2.

Mix sugar and cinnamon.

3.

Place a sliced banana on the top side of the phyllo and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of sugar and cinnamon.

4.

5.

Fold each side and then wrap it to seal.  Brush the end of the phyllo with oil and fold.

6.

In the meantime, heat oil in a skillet and fry the wrapped bananas on both sides, until it's golden brown.  Remove on paper towels to drain excess oil.

7.

Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve while still warm and the phyllo is crunchy.

15 Comments

  1. I love turons!! I was introduced to them by Tangled Noodles blog and made them and they are wonderful!!!! I made them with different sweeteners, maple syrup, agave, and caramel sauce. Really good! Yours look wonderful and I love the phyllo dough idea, delicious!!

  2. Great! I'd totally forgotten about this dish but remember now that I ate these once when I went to a party hosted by a Filipino family and they were delicious!

  3. OMG!! What an awesome blog, These banana treats look unbelievable, I can't even begin to imagine how wonderful they taste!! I have to go through your archives and check this out. LOVE the whole premise of your blog. Nice to meet you!

  4. Ivy, you totally did those turons justice! I adore banana desserts - Japanese tempura bananas with a sprinkle of allspice and confectioners sugar are one of my favorite treats when we go out for sushi! Great job, lady!

  5. Ivy, these sound wonderful and despite having tried Phillipino food, I somehow missed these. The husband and daughter did well adding Merenda!

  6. I have been away from blog-hopping quite a bit, been busy. I can see I have missed a lot here.
    I'm sure they were delicious. In south India, we have another version of a batter fried banana dessert.

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