Fried Pawpaw (pawpaw=papaya)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• vegetable oil, for frying
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup cake flour
• salt, a pinch
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
• 2 egg whites
• 2 ripe papayas, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• vanilla ice cream, for serving

Recipe

• 1 fill a saucepan 2 inches deep with vegetable oil and heat to 350 degrees f.
• 2 dusting mixture:.
• 3 combine the cinnamon, cardamom and sugar and set aside.
• 4 batter:.
• 5 combine the flour, salt and sugar in a bowl. in a separate bowl, whisk together the milk and melted butter. combine the wet and dry ingredients with a whisk to form a smooth batter. if the batter is too thick, add a little more milk.
• 6 in another mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites to form stiff peaks. fold the whipped egg whites into the batter. be careful to not overmix the batter and deflate the whites.
• 7 pawpaw:.
• 8 season the papaya chunks with the cardamom. dip each chunk of papaya into the batter and then deep fry in the vegetable oil, a few pieces at a time, until crisp and golden. put the fried pawpaws on paper towels to drain. dust them with the cinnamon sugar mix immediately.
• 9 serve the fried pawpaw chunks with vanilla ice cream.