5. Banana Cue, Turon, Etc
Filipinos are fond of cooked bananas smeared with caramel sauce or sprinkled with sugar. Banana cue is deep fried saba bananas covered in sugar and skewered in bamboo sticks, hence the name cue. Sometimes, the banana is sliced thinly and spread like a fan, dipped in flour batter and fried. Sometimes, it is wrapped with rice or flour paper along with a few strips of jackfruit, and deep fried. To make these saba banana dishes lean towards the sweet side, they are covered in caramel or sugar crystals. Prices of banana desserts you can buy off the streets start at P10.
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