Turon is a favorite Filipino snack consisting of saba banana carefully wrapped like a spring roll and deep-fried with melted brown sugar coating. The cooked and melted brown sugar would give the turon a sweet crunchy covering. Sweetened jackfruit is a delicious optional fillings for cooking turon and is highly recommended. The word “turon” came from the Spanish word “turrón” which is a traditional dessert common during Christmas. It is a very popular street food among Filipinos specially among the students. Cooking this snack is quite difficult and you need a lot of brown sugar and a lot of cooking oil for deep-frying to come up with a nice crunchy turon. If you overcook it, you will get a stone-hard sugar-coated turon that tastes like burnt sugar. If you undercook it, it’s just like eating powdered brown sugar. Let me show you a quick and easy way of cooking turon without the need for too much brown sugar and and you will just have to use half a cup of cooking oil. The outcome is the same as the traditional way of cooking turon, if not better. So try my turon recipe and share me your thoughts. Enjoy!
