🇸🇷 Surinamese Cuisine

Bakabana

Fried Plantain with Peanut Sauce

Prep Time 25 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 334 kcal

Ripe plantain slices coated in batter and deep-fried until golden, served with a spicy peanut dipping sauce. A beloved Surinamese street snack.

Ingredients

1 Peel plantains and cut diagonally into thick slices. They should be very ripe with black-spotted skins for maximum sweetness.
2 Make batter with flour, baking powder, salt, and water. It should coat the back of a spoon.
3 Dip plantain slices in batter and fry in hot oil at 170C until golden brown and crispy, about three minutes per side.
4 Make peanut sauce by blending ground peanuts with garlic, soy sauce, pepper, water, and lime juice until smooth.

Did You Know?

Bakabana literally means "baked banana" in Sranan Tongo, though it is actually deep-fried and made with plantain, not banana.