Chinese Toffee Bananas

Ingredients

• 2 ½-3 cups high heat oil for deep frying
• 2 large bananas, diagonally cut into 6-7 bite-sized pieces
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 Tbsp corn starch – note 1
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ⅛ tsp salt
• ¼ cup water, plus 1-3 tsp as needed
• 1 ¾ cups sugar
• ⅓ cup water
• Toasted sesame seeds (white and/or black)
• Vanilla ice cream