Ivory Coast Fried Bananas - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 medium bananas
2 -3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup corn flakes, finely crushed
peanut oil (for frying)
black pepper (optional)
cinnamon-sugar mixture (optional)

Preparation

Peel bananas and cut each in half. Cut each piece into four pieces - lengthwise, giving you a total of 32 french fry-sized pieces.
Place banana pieces in a large shalow bowl and drizzle with lemon juice to prevent browning. Let set for 5 minutes.
Heat peanut oil (about 1/2 inch deep) in a heavy skillet at medium-high heat.
Place crushed corn flakes in a seperate large shallow bowl or on a baking pan. Roll each banana piece in corn flakes until well covered.
Fry banana pieces in skillet until golden brown on each side.
Spinkle with either pepper or a 50/50 mix of cinnamon/sugar. depending whether you'd like them sweet or savory.