Pai varaipani (Fried sweet banana pie) recipe
Pai varaipani
Ma’ara here, Pacific Educator at Auckland Museum. This Saturday at World on Your Plate, you will have a chance to taste Pai varaipani (Fried sweet banana pie).
Pai varaipani is a traditional Cook Islands food which in European terms may be categorised as a dessert. It is made from very ripe bananas (Musa sp) mixed with arrowroot / cassava (Manihot esculenta) starch.
The two are mixed well and then fried (like a pan cake) for some 6 minutes. It is common for Cook Islands food to be eaten straight from the hand
Ingredients
(makes three servings)
10 x very ripe bananas
Half cup arrowroot starch
Water
Olive oil
Procedure
Skin the large bananas and place in a bowl. Mash well. To the mashed bananas add half cup arrowroot starch and 1 tablespoon water. Mix well
Scoop 1 cup of the mixture and place into heated frying pan. Flatten out and cook for about 2-3 minutes. Turnover and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Once golden brown in colour you know it is cooked. Scoop onto a plate and enjoy. Option: Serve with sliced bananas.
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November 16th, 2010 at 7:19 am
Wow. This is am awesome recipe, I have had this in a restaurant a couple of months ago and I have searched for a recipe of this. I am glad that I found it in your blog. Thanks for sharing.
Lawrence Crevier
November 18th, 2010 at 3:06 am
Interesting, thank you so much! I spent my childhood in Yorkshire in the UK, and I’ve been trying to find a recipe for this tasyy pie I remember eating all the time, but can’t remember what we called it!!! Do you know a famous pie recipe from Yorkshire?
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