Ihsan's COKOLOT

Alhamdulillah, my children really love these banana balls. "Cekodok pisang", is the commonly used term in our language but in this house, "cokolot" is far more popular than "cekodok". It started when Ihsan was younger, when he was 2, if I remember correctly. It seemed for him pronouncing "cEkoDoK" was so difficult, so he had settled with just pronouncing it "cOkoLoT". Funny I know, but it sounded adorable, "Mama, I want some more, "cokolot", "yeeeay! "cokolot","cokolot, pyease (read: please)", Cute right? Imagine seeing him say that with that chubby cheeks of his. (yeah Ihsan was quite a chubby toddler). *heart-melt. So we decided to leave it that way. Until now, "cokolot" is the word we all use when it comes to these banana balls. It is our family "thing". 

There are many twist to this simple recipe. It really depends on how you like your "cokolot" to be. Some prefer it soft and not quite rounded, some prefer it squishy and round, some just don't like it all, either because of the taste of it or because of the tonnes and tonnes and tonnes of calories even a single ball carries. Yes...this is not quite a healthy finger food (just to warn you) because you'd have to deep fry these balls. Not to mentioned the amount of sugar that goes into the batter.

Okay, this is the way we like our "cekolot" - crispy in the outside and soft in the inside, rounded with a tiny tail he he he. Best eaten hot!!!

Recipe:

4 bananas - mashed

6 tablespoon of sugar

2 tablespoon of milk powder (of any kind, Nido, Enfagrow, Pediasure, trust me!)

Flour - this I can't really tell how much, but just enough, as in not too thick and not too runny

A pinch of baking soda

(I sometimes add some cut palm sugar "gula melaka" to the batter because Azmi likes it that way, a bit sticky, but most of the time, I just omit this)

Steps:

Just mix everything together. No water needs to be added. 

Heat pan with cooking oil at medium and just before you drop those batter in the pan, make sure to scoop out some oil and add to the batter. Mix well.

Fry both side until golden brown.

Tip:

The added hot oil in the batter will give you a crispy outer layer of the ball.

P.s. my Malaysian friends would laugh at me for sharing this "too easy" recipe. He he he...but this is not for the experts okay but for my dearest 3K1B. One day, if they feel like eating "cokolot" and I would not be around to make this for them anymore, then they at least could refer here and try this on their own.