Pete saw this recipe in the Le Matinal newspaper a few weekends ago and we thought it would be a great weekend snack. On reading through the recipe, they say to fry the malpoa in 1½ inches of oil which I was not keen on trying especially after seeing how thin the batter was. There is no egg or raising agent in this recipe either; the malpoa were very thin and seemed quite heavy so after the first batch in the pan, I added a bit of baking powder to the mixture If I wanted the flavours of this recipe again, I will use my standard Flapjacks Recipe and add banana and coconut to it.
Malpoa
Ingredients
1 banana mashed
1 tbsp desiccated coconut
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup milk
½ tsp fennel seed (I omitted this)
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
Method
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl until well blended.
- Place spoonfuls into a lightly oiled pan over a medium low heat and when they start to bubble turn for a few seconds until cooked through and golden brown on both sides. *
* The original recipe calls for dropping spoonfuls of the mixture in 1½ inches of heated oil.
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Banana, Coconut and fennel seeds is an interesting ingredient to add to a crumpet
The coconut added a nice texture difference to a normal crumpet. I would add a lot more coconut than what the recipe calls for next time. 🙂
Hi Mandy! Thank you for finding my website and leaving a comment. Now I know your site and it’s good to be connected. I’m following you on facebook so I won’t miss your post. 🙂 I hope you also “Like” my facebook page too. These Indian style crumpets look delicious! I should go sleep soon, but this picture makes me very hungry! 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Hi Nami, welcome and thanks for stopping by and liking my facebook page. I have just popped over and liked yours too. I am looking forward to sharing with you. 🙂
Interesting mix of banana and fennel!
Fennel is quite a common ingredient here for “petit gateau” – small sweet cakes.:-)
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I’m intrigued with these flavour combo’s Mandy, they do sound quite yummy but aaahhh all that oil, think I’d have done as you did – a little tweeking 🙂
Very intriguing flavours Anna. 🙂 I did enjoy the addition of the banana. 🙂
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!
Christine
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Hi Christine, welcome and thanks for stopping by. 🙂
great combo banana and coconut..I would to try the fennel version
sweetlife
Fennel has a very distinctive flavour which I don’t enjoy that much but is very common in a lot of the food here. 🙂