If you can’t find langka, it’s ok to leave it out of this recipe. Many recipes for turon don’t call for langka, though it’s a common traditional ingredient. If you can’t find saba, use the smallest bananas you can find. Bananas are larger than saba so you won’t need as many. Saba tastes like a cross between a plantain and a banana.
It might help to wet your fingers with warm water so they don’t stick to the wrappers. You can also steam the wrappers first to help them come apart more easily. [1] X Research source If you can’t find lumpia wrappers, spring roll wrappers also work well. Lumpia is a bit thinner than spring roll wrappers but the taste is quite similar.
After the turon is wrapped, one traditional preparation method is to roll the turon in brown sugar. The sugar will caramelize as the turon fry. Alternatively, you may make a brown sugar syrup to serve with the turon after they’re fried. [2] X Research source
If you didn’t opt to give the rolls a caramelized sugar coating, top them with brown sugar syrup, which can be made as instructed below.
For a richer, creamier topping, replace all or half of the water with coconut milk.
