Day 1 - Bananaque...sorta

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TODAY'S RECIPE: Bananaque
Blog Commentary: I figured I'd start with something easy, something small, with the fewest ingredients. This was the perfect dish. You may be wondering why there are 2 recipes on here. Well, I couldn't actually follow all the steps (even though there weren't that many), see explanation below. Forgot the skewers and got the wrong type of banana and filming got in the way so I ended up burning my first batch. Take 2, my take on the recipe.
Reference: http://lutongpinoy.info/bananaque/
ORIGINAL RECIPE:	JO'S RECIPE:
BANANAQUE Ingredients	BANANAQUE Ingredients
16 pcs. ripe banana (saba variety) 1/4 c. brown sugar 1/2 lit. cooking oil bamboo skewers	16 pcs. ripe banana (saba variety) 1/2 c. brown sugar 1/2 lit. cooking oil
BANANAQUE Procedures:	BANANAQUE Procedures:
1.Trim both ends of each banana and peel off skin. 2. In a large wok at high flame heat cooking oil put all the bananas in the wok and deep fry for 3-5 minutes or until color change to golden brown. 3. Sprinkle brown sugar over the bananas and continue to fry and stirring occasionally for 2-3 minutes or until sugar has melted and have infused to the bananas. 4. Do not overcook, remove bananas from wok and drain excess oil. 5. Using large bamboo skewer string 2 bananas together.	1.Trim both ends of each banana and peel off skin. 2.Quarter the bananas (length wise). 3.In a large wok at medium flame heat cooking oil put all the bananas in the wok and deep fry for 3- minutes or until color change to golden brown. 4. Sprinkle brown sugar over the bananas and continue to fry and stirring occasionally for 2-3 minutes or until sugar has melted and have infused to the bananas. 5. DO NOT overcook, remove bananas from wok and drain excess oil.
VIDEO:
Video Commentary: Wow. This was NOT a good start to this blog. I think there's a big emphasis on the type of banana to get. Should be ripe and of the saba variety. Hey! I picked the only semi-ripe (which some recipes said you can use.... although judging by my result, is NOT recommended) banana I saw in the asian supermarket. I'll make sure to ask next time. Also forgot the skewers. I brought them to a bbq 2 weeks ago and forgot to bring 'em home. Since I didn't have the skewers, I dunno if I could call this a bananaque, but as you can tell by my directions, I did a little of improvising based on the many times I've seen my mom do this deep fried banana recipe (I never knew what she called it). I found the term, bananaque, on the internet. I think she just called them sweet/sugar saging (banana). haha. I dunno, something was lost in translation. Also, everything ended up cooking the outside and the banana was very undercooked inside. That's why I changed the instructions to Medium flame. Live and learn. Next: Filipino Spaghetti