How To Make Pancakes From Apple Banana

Apart from eating the ripe bananas, or making crisps from them, the commonest delicacy from apple bananas are pancakes.

A one Charlotte in Nakawa, Kampala who is in this trade, says the best banana pancakes are made using only three items; ripe sweet bananas, cassava flour and cooking oil.

“There are people who add sodium bicarbonate to give pancakes a longer shelf life, but this is not right because it affects their taste,” she says.

A single 100g pancake costs sh500.

Method

• To make 50 pancakes, one needs;
• 1kg of cassava flour l 3 clusters of ripe bananas. You can buy these at about sh6,000
• 500ml of cooking oil. This can be used at least twice
• Charcoal that would cost you about sh2,000.
• Peel the ripe bananas and mash them l Add a litre of water
• Add the flour and mix into a dough
• Split the dough into smaller pieces each and roll flat. Each flat piece should have a thickness of quarter an inch l Cut into desired shape
• Fry until they turn brown.