Cottage Cheese and Banana Fritters (Syrniki)

A hearty breakfast and a delicious dessert all in one! This is a great recipe for a filling breakfast built around a lovely cottage cheese and banana batter. Everyone will love it, and the flavor is a genuinely pleasant surprise.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 23 % 9 g
Fats 18 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 59 % 23 g
185 kcal
GI: 0 / 35 / 65

Cooking method

Cooking time: 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather everything you need for this delicious cottage cheese and banana dish. In a roomy bowl, mash 500 grams of fresh cottage cheese until smooth.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Add three bananas to the bowl, mash them, and mix with the cottage cheese until smooth.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Add 100 grams of flour, 100 grams of sugar, and one teaspoon of baking powder to the bowl and stir.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Add salt to taste, crack in one egg, and blend everything thoroughly until smooth.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Let the batter rest for twenty minutes so the gluten develops.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    After twenty minutes, shape the batter into patties and roll them in flour.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Form the patties to your desired thickness, press them together firmly with your hands, and shake off any excess flour.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Place the patties in a skillet heated over the stove with a little vegetable oil.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Fry the syrniki for three to four minutes per side until golden, then cover the pan and finish over low heat for about three minutes.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Arrange the finished syrniki on a plate and add sour cream to taste. Let's cook together, keep it simple, and make the tastiest dishes at home from everyday ingredients. Enjoy!

  • Anyone with a sweet tooth knows the best part of the morning is a cup of coffee or tea with something sweet. It's the perfect way to start the day, and we're happy to oblige with this recipe for banana syrniki. It's naturally sweet, made with real bananas and delicious cottage cheese. You won't find a better dessert or a tastier breakfast. These cottage cheese and banana fritters are wonderful, and good for you too! Syrniki are a dish of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan cooking: pan-fried cottage cheese patties mixed with flour or semolina (some cooks insist that true syrniki use no flour at all) and eggs. They're usually fried in vegetable oil, though some recipes call for baking them in the oven, and others even steam them.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Bananas - 89  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 40% fat content - 466  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 20% fat content - 233  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 18% fat content - 226  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 10% fat content - 156  kcal/100g
  • Low-fat cottage cheese - 75  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese with sour cream - 260  kcal/100g
  • Fruit cottage cheese - 147  kcal/100g
  • Soft dietary cottage cheese - 170  kcal/100g
  • Vitalinia cottage cheese - 64  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese 'morning' ( 'danone') without sugar - 91  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese - 156  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364  kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348  kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Baking powder - 79  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80  kcal/100g

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