Turon
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
6-8 pieces ripe cooking bananas or plantain, cut in half lengthwise, about 3″length
12 – 15 strips of jackfruit (langka), optional
12 – 15 pieces spring roll wrappers
1 cup brown sugar
Cooking oil for frying
Directions
Separate the spring roll wrappers, arrange your plates in sequence: sliced banana, sugar, and jackfruit.
Lay the spring roll wrapper, dip the banana in sugar and put on one end of the wrapper, lay a slice of jackfruit on top.
Fold starting at the end of the wrapper with the filling, fold the 2 sides in, then roll up to the end. Seal the end with water.
Heat up the oil in medium heat and fry the turon with the sealed end side down first (to keep it sealed). Cook until slightly browned and flip.
Fry the other side, and once slightly browned, sprinkle sugar (1 tablespoon per roll) onto the oil to caramelize and glaze the fried roll.
Cook until golden brown.
This fried banana with langka (jackfruit) all sealed in a lumpia wrapper is our version of a sweet spring roll. It is peddled around the cities and towns for the perfect merienda (mid-morning or afternoon snack).
Brunch and Snacker 