Banana-Jaggery Fritters

Another brilliantly simple dish that takes the sweetness and aroma of bananas a step beyond, these fritters from Assam make a great impromptu dessert. In Assam, they’re called koat pitha. Pitha is the name given to a whole family of rice flour–based sweet fritters in Bengal, Orissa, and the northeast provinces, including Assam. These pitha are made of a blend of mashed ripe bananas, rice flour, and jaggery (palm or crude sugar). Each fritter is about two bites; allow fo