Sweet Snack · Banana Fritters
Gulgula
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This teatime snack is just mashed banana, flour, sugar, and cardamom fried by the spoonful — yet it has its own devoted following across Fiji's Indo-Fijian bakeries and homes.
Ripe mashed banana is mixed into a sweet, cardamom-spiced batter, dropped by the spoonful into hot oil, and fried until golden. Vendors and home cooks across Viti Levu sell them warm, often alongside a cup of tea.
Why it's made this way: Gulgula is a Fiji-Indian take on the fried sweets found across the Indian subcontinent, adapted with local bananas, and it remains a familiar treat at markets and family gatherings around Suva and Nadi.
Roughly what's in it
230kcal
4gprotein
30gcarbs
11gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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