Fried Banana with Chocolate Ice-cream

I love to eat bananas, and enjoy my ice-cream. Then I thought, why not mix them together? The result is a harmony fusion of hot and cold, a perfect delight in the mouth.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 tablespoon vanilla powder
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon rum flavoring
4 ripe bananas
2 cups oil for frying
2 scoops chocolate ice cream
Optional: Chocolate Sauce

Time Taken: 30 mins

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and vanilla powder. 
 
2. Make a well in the center, and pour in milk, egg, melted butter and rum flavoring. Mix until smooth. 
 
3. Evenly coat the banana in the mixture.
 
4. Heat oil in a wok or deep-fryer and wait 5 mins until oil is hot.
 
5. Drop banana into hot oil. Fry until golden brown and crispy
 
6. Remove bananas from oil, and drain on paper towels. 
 
7. Remove paper towels, add the ice-cream and chocolate sauce
8. Serve hot.

Honeydew and Mango pudding

I knew that my wife love to eat jelly and pudding, and was thinking of a desert dish that combines the best of mango and honeydew pudding. To make the food faster and easier, I opted to buy some instant pudding mix. The result is a mix of mango and honeydew pudding that is healthy and delicious. :)

Ingredients

1 mango - cubed
1/4 honeydew - cubed
1/2 packet honeydew jelly mix
1/2 packet mango pudding mix.

Time taken: 3 hours.

Directions:

1. Add some water to the honeydew jelly mix and bring to boil, stirring the mixture slowly.

2. Leave it to cool for a bit, before spooning the mix to a container.

3. Add some honeydew cubes into the mixture so that when the jelly hardens, there will be some honeydew inside the jelly.

4. Put the honeydew jelly into the fridge and leave it alone for 1.5 hours. This should solify the jelly

5. Once the jelly has solified, prepare the mango pudding by bringing some milk, water and mango pudding mix to a boil, stirring the mixture slowly.

6.  Add the cubed mangoes pieces into the mango pudding and pour the mango mixture on top of the jelly.

7. Put the mixture into the fridge and wait 1 hour for the pudding to solify.

8. (optional. Add

a. a thin layer of condensed milk
b. a thin layer of chocolate sauce
c. the remaining fruits on top
d. some whipped cream and cherry)

Baked Papaya with Coconut Milk

Preamble:

I noticed that my wife has not been having fruits recently and decided to surprise her with a fruit dish for dessert. Having tried some papaya in coconut milk before, I thought I will try making it as it seems simple enough.

Ingredients: Some papaya, sliced 2 tablespoon Sugar 2 tablespoon Honey 1 packet coconut milk 1/2 cups water Time required: 1 hour 45 mins -1 hour 55 mins

Directions:

1. Preheat Oven to the hottest
2. Place the papayas, cut side up, in a shallow baking dish.
3. Sprinkle with the sugar and add the water.
4. Bake uncovered in the middle of the oven for 45 mins, or until the papayas are tender but still keep their shape.
   
5. Every 15 mins, pull out the oven rack and baste the papayas with the liquid from the dish.
6. For the last 5 minutes of baking raise the heat to 400°F and bake until the syrup gets thick and becomes the color of caramel.
7. Pour the honey on top of the papaya
   
8. Turn off the heat and pour the coconut milk into the center of the papayas.
9. Leave the papayas in the oven until the milk gets warm, about 5 minutes.
10. Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve cold.

Post ramble:

Well, the papaya taste heavenly when combined with the rich aroma of coconut milk. This is one recipe I growth to love. Perhaps I could substitute the sugar, honey and water with condensed milk to get a richer favour of milk next time. ;)