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Sticky Turon Saba

Sticky Turon Saba

Manny
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 13 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 20 pcs

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bunch of over ripe saba bananas soft to the touch, peel is almost blackened
  • 20 pcs native lumpia wrapper depends how many bananas you have
  • 1 cup white sugar or light brown sugar this is used for coating the turron
  • A little bit of salt if desired, to counter the sweetness.
  • flour and water to seal the edges
  • Pandan leaves or langka fruit or basil leaves

Instructions
 

How to make Sticky Turon Saba

  • Top and tail saba bananas,then peel. If you wish, add some salt to the sugar. Prepare the lumpia wrappers by cutting some of these in half.
  • This "half wrapper" will be used to "double wrap" the turon in case of tears and small holes where the oil might seep through.
  • Place on one end where you will roll the turon.
  • In a working bowl. press one saba banana with fingers (like playing the piano) onto the sugar-salt mix making sure all sides are covered. In other words, coat the saba banana with sugar, as much as you can.
  • Then, if you want a different kind of turon, press one of basil leaves on top.
  • Start to roll the saba. Place sugared saba on the doubled side of the wrapper.
  • Roll as for lumpia and seal with flour-water slurry. Leave to sweat out the sugar syrup beads for about an hour or more. (HINT: Faster sweating if you keep in the freezer even for half a day.)
  • When the turons are sweating, heat oil and pan fry gently till all sides are caramelized and crispy and sticky. Drain well to lessen the oiliness.