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Pisang cokelat (''chocolate banana'' in 
Indonesian
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) or sometimes colloquially abbreviated as piscok, is an Indonesian
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sweet snack made of slices of banana
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with melted chocolate
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or chocolate syrup
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, wrapped inside thin crepe-like pastry skin and being deep fried
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. Pisang cokelat is often simply described as "choco banana spring roll
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s". It is often regarded as a hybrid between another Indonesian favourites; pisang goreng (fried banana) and lumpia
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(spring roll).
The type of banana being used is similar to pisang goreng; preferably '' pisang uli'', '' pisang kepok'' or '' pisang raja sereh''. The skin used for wrapping is usually the readily available lumpia skin. In Indonesia, pisang cokelat is regarded as a variant of pisang goreng, and categorized under ''gorengan
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'' (Indonesian assorted fritter
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s) and sold together with some popular fried stuff; such as fried tempeh
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, ''tahu goreng
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Preparation
When preparing the ...
'' and ''pisang goreng''. It is a popular snack that can be found from humble street side '' kakilima'' cart to cafe
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and fancy restaurant
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s.
Pisang cokelat is almost identical to Philippines '' turon'', which is actually a banana lumpia, except in this Indonesian version chocolate content is a must, not optional.
See also
*Banana cue
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them f ...
* Fried plantain
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* List of banana dishes
This is a list of banana dishes and foods in which banana or Plantain (cooking), plantain is used as a primary ingredient. A banana is an edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa (genus), Musa ...
* Street food of Indonesia
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References
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