Mangalore buns | Banana puri | Sweet banana buns | Mangalore banana buns

Mangalore buns | Banana puri | Sweet banana puri | Mangalore banana buns

Recipes from south India are not only delicious, but also they are healthy. There is something special in each and every distinct category of cuisines from southern states. 

Mangalore buns or mangloor buns is one of the famous recipe of mangalore. You can serve this mangalore buns as tea time snack.

This sweet fried buns are made by using mashed banana and maida. You can also add wheat flour in place of maida. Usually these buns are made by using small sized banana which is called as 'yelakki/elakki'. But you can also use any other variety, if it is not available. Usually,  Mangalore buns is served with coconut chutney. 

Ingredients

Wheat flour/Maida - 1 cup
Banana(small sized/yelakki) -3 to 4 / Robusta - 1 to 2
Sugar - 4-5 tbsp
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Baking soda -1/2 tsp
Buttermilk/curd - 1/2 cup
Oil for deep frying

Method

Peel and mash the bananas.You can even grind it in to smooth paste using mixer grinder. Add sugar, salt, baking soda, cumin seeds, and little curd/buttermilk. Add wheat flour little by little and knead it into a soft dough. Dough should be sticky and softer than the chapathi dough.

Cover the dough with cloth and allow it to rest at room temperature for 4-5 hours. After that you have to knead the dough once again. Make lemon sized balls, put it on plastic sheet greesed with little oil. Put some oil to the hand also, so that the dough will not stick to the hand. Using hand, flatten it in to thick round shape. You can also do this process using chapathi roller. But I feel easy using hands.

Take a frying pan. Heat oil on medium-high flame. Fry the buns on medium-high flame until it turns in to golden brown color.

Serve these soft fluffy mangalore buns with coconut chutney or any other chutney or sambar.