I started craving for Turon(banana roll) last Sunday after watching a Filipino sitcom, Tweets For My Sweet, featuring my favorite and very much-loved Fil-Spanish actress Marian Rivera. Tweets For My Sweet is a Filipino version of CBS’ hit 2 Broke Girls using of course the Filipino flair, heart, and culture. In 2 Broke Girls, the 2 girls are selling cupcakes while in TFMS, they’re selling of course a delicious Filipino dessert treat called Turon which is basically bananas rolled in egg roll wrappers then fried. It’s a very simple dessert but with so much flavor that invokes childhood nostalgia.
I know I have a few egg roll wrappers left but I didn’t have plantain which in my opinion is the best kind of banana to use in making turon.
These my friends are called plantains. They have a much firmer peel and texture than regular bananas. They’re not too sweet which makes them perfect to lightly dust with brown sugar before wrapping, then fried then dipped in a dulce de leche sauce. Plantains are easily found in any grocery stores, sitting right next to the mangoes, kiwi, jicama, avocados, coconut, papaya, or other exotic fruits. I found these at Wal-Mart Super Center for .54cents each.
Last Sunday, Meg(Marian Rivera) made Turon de Leche which earned her and partner Lily(Sheena Halili), 3000 pesos($68.86) that was supposed to go in their business capital except Lily used it to pay an old debt from an old rich friend. So now, Meg has to make more Turon de Leche to sell to make more money so they could start their “Tweets For My Sweet” business. What’s the “Tweets” stands for? Well from the last episode, Meg came up with the term coz every time she’s having a dream, there are birds flying around, tweet tweeting. Not at all related to Twitter Tweets.
But, I’ve digressed more that I should have. Here’s how I made my turon de leche ala Meg Reyes.
| Turon de Leche (Banana Roll W/ Dulce de Leche) |
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- 2 large ripe plantains
- Egg Roll/Lumpia Wrappers (frozen section of any Asian stores)
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/2 cup of chocolate chops, more for more turons
- 1 cup of light brown sugar
- oil for frying
- 1/2 can of condense milk
DULCE DE LECHE SAUCE
- Peel the plantains, slice in half then slice again thinly, lengthwise. Put the brown sugar on a plate. Dip each sides of the plantain onto the brown sugar.
- Place an egg roll wrapper into a wooden cutting board, lay 2 plantains slice. Place a few chocolate chips on top. OR, sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top of first plantain then top with another plantain.
- Make some with no chocolate chips too. Or add slices of jackfruit instead of chocolate chips.
- Roll the first fold over the bananas, then fold the sides, roll forward tightly like you’re rolling an egg roll. Brush the last fold with water before rolling completely. Repeat the steps for the remaining plantains.
- Fry both sides, each of the turon in the preheated oil. Just about until the wrapper looks golden brown. Place the fried turons on top of a paper towel lined plate to drain the oil.
- DULCE DE LECHE SAUCE: In a medium heat, pour half a can of condense milk into a pot. Stir until it’s thick but in pourable consistency. Don’t make it too thick.
- Transfer the dulce de leche in a small bowl. Serve alongside the sliced turons.
- Or, drizzle on top of a whole turon. It’s really up to you how you want to eat your Turon de Leche. Thanks to Marian Rivera‘s Tweets For My Sweet for the cravings and inspiration!
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I love turon but it’s challenging to find saba here
Love your take, sounds YUM!
Wow ha! 3000 just for selling turon? How many turons did they sell? It’s crazy how ridiculous some local shows are. Though I love Two Broke Girls because Kat Dennings is so funny (and sexy) there. But I think it’s a good thing that the show inspired you to make this yummy treat. I haven’t tried turon with milk!
Visiting via Food Friday.
A lot of turons. The girls actually took it to a cafe they were working at and were selling them in secret, which was very funny. And they also went to the streets. 50pesos each at the cafe, 20pesos in the street.
it’s great how some shows can really inspire us to try something different/familiar…oooh, i love your version of the turon, sis! haven’t tried it with milk…looks real good!
many thanks for sharing over at Food Friday
Hi dexie.I love how the show inspired you.I’m a huge fan of marian too.I didn’t know 2 broke girls had the same thme.now I know.anyway,I found ur recipe as I was searching for recipe of turon.I was really inspired to sell this in my shop since it was featuredon theshow. My family grow banana treesso its a plus factor for me.well keep on supporting the show and God bless.m
it’s refreshing delicious…
These look really delicious.
I would like to make this for a function so it would have to be able to hold up for about 4 hours and keep their crispness. I know it would be better to eat straight from the fryer but would they suffer in taste after 3-4 hours?