Chinese Dessert: Caramel Bananas with Sesame Seeds
A delightful and easy-to-make dessert. I suggest trying an unusual and very tasty Chinese dessert: caramel bananas. The dessert recipe is simple, quick, and very easy to make at home.
Updated : 16 July, 2026
Easy
About 10 min.
Ingredients
2
Banana
1.5 cup
Vegetable oil
1
Eggs
2 tablespoon
Starch
3 tablespoon
Wheat flour
4 tablespoon
Water
2 tablespoon
Sugar
1 teaspoon
Sesame
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Make the batter by mixing the egg, starch, flour, vegetable oil, and water. The batter should be as thick as pancake batter.
Step 2
Peel the bananas and cut them into large pieces.
Step 3
Heat 1.5 cups of vegetable oil in a heavy-bottomed pan. Dip each piece of banana into the batter and immediately lower it into the hot oil. Cook, turning with a spatula, until golden brown on all sides.
Step 4
In another pan, make the caramel by adding sugar and water to heated vegetable oil. Cook it over the lowest heat until it turns light yellow.
Step 5
Place the fried bananas into the caramel. Turn them with a spatula to coat each piece in caramel.
Step 6
Before serving, sprinkle the finished bananas in sweet caramel with sesame seeds.
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