Banana Cinnamon Springrolls

*Though I've not tried it, I bet this would work well with apples or mangos instead of bananas as filling.

Ingredients

4 bananas
3 tbsp sugar
0.3 tsp cinnamon
spring roll papers/rice paper
icing sugar to garnish
Eagle Brand condensed milk


Cut the bananas in half and then quarters length wise. Chop the banana along the center so you have small quarter circles. In a bowl, mix the chopped bananas with the cinnamon and sugar to create the filling. Feel free to throw finely chopped walnuts into the mix, if that's your thing.

Separate each spring roll paper. Dip edges in a shallow bowl of water, or place the sheet on a flat surface and use hands to lightly wash water over the sides to moisten.

Wilde Oscar says: This is a delicate operation- too much water and the sheet will become sticky and fall apart. Too little and it'll be brittle and hard to fold.

Once you've prepared the sheet, scoop out a about a table spoon of filling onto the center of the sheet. Grab the right corner of the square, and fold over. Grab the left and do the same. Use your hands to shape the filling in the center into a rectangular pocket within the paper.

Fold up the bottom edge, and start rolling the little packet upwards the way you would a j- the way you would a spring roll. Make sure to tuck in all little

bits of dough along the way, and use water to dampen down out lying little bits so you have a smooth packet at the end.

Once you've used up all the filling and rolled the spring rolls, drop the spring rolls into a frying pan on medium-high heat, 2 or 3 at a time. Make sure you're constantly moving the rolls around or you'll find them burning unevenly. Remove when golden brown, and remove excess oil by placing on a paper towel lined plate. Pat dry if necessary and line up on a plate.

Wilde Oscar says: Having an imported Chinese labourer do the frying give it an extra authentic feel.

Now the fun part- use a tea strainer to sift the powdered sugar over the spring rolls. The more, the better.

Wilde Oscar says: try drizzling the condensed milk over the springrolls and adding

some finely chopped peanuts on top. If you can't do the latter, make sure you try these with the condensed milk, even if it's just on the side. Seriously. Condensed milk. It's like the pot of gold at the end of a delicious rainbow.