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Delicious battered banana with peanut sauce

So, we’re in Suriname. In Suriname, as it turns out, there are a lot of immigrants - namely from Indonesia and India. Because of this we’ve had the chance to eat some lovely foreign fare (although I guess technically everything we’ve been eating for the past year and a half is foreign to us) and discover new delights. My favourite new delight is the baka bana.  Apparently this literally beans “baked banana”, and all the Dutch tourists we’ve met ensure me it is not fried, as it tastes, but indeed baked. When you order a baka bana you get one greasy battered banana, and plenty of spicy peanut sauce to dip it in. I don’t know why the peanut sauce is so special in Suriname, but it is sooo much better than regular peanut sauce, and sooo much different.

I told my sister about the amazingness that is baka bana, and she wanted recipes. So, I looked up a bunch. Upon doing so I found gazillion of baka bana recipe sites that all instruct you to fry the banana. I knew it. The Dutch are lying bastards. (Just kidding!)

In case you’re at all interested in eating this magical banana sensation (although it’s not the same without the proper peanut sauce) here is a recipe.

I was only able to find one ok-ish recipe for peanut sauce on the internet, and it is here. If anyone you know has a better recipe, please tell me. I  think for that particular one you might wanna ditch the “liquid red pepper” and substitute real chili peppers. Don’t be a wimp.