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Muuz Maqli

Name: Muuz Maqli
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Djibouti
Ingredients: 3 Bananas; 80g All-purpose flour; 1 Egg; 60ml Milk; 1 tbsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; To taste Oil for frying; To taste Powdered sugar

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ripe bananas battered and fried with a hint of cardamom — a Djiboutian snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In Djibouti, ripe bananas dipped in a batter of flour, egg, and cardamom and fried are a beloved snack for Ramadan nights and tea with guests. Crisp outside and soft and sweet inside, they're eaten with tea or coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Ramadan night in Djibouti, freshly fried banana fritters are laid on a plate beside glasses of sweet tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bananas 3
All-purpose flour 80g
Egg 1
Milk 60ml
Sugar 1 tbsp
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying To taste
Powdered sugar To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the flour, egg, milk, sugar, and cardamom into a batter.
Cut each banana diagonally into thirds.
Coat the bananas in the batter.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden.
Dust with powdered sugar.

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