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Cooking Tips: How To Make Crispy Banana Chips (Easy Recipe Inside)

Cooking Tips: How To Make Crispy Banana Chips (Easy Recipe Inside)

Crispy, flavourful and simply delicious, chips are something that no one can resist biting on. Be it in the evening with a cup of hot chai or at night while binge-watching your favourite show, they always come to our rescue whenever we crave something salty and crunchy. While you’ll find a wide variety of chips in the market, nothing defines comfort best than gorging on some homemade desi munchies. Speaking of desi snacks, banana chips are one such snack that are quite popular in South India. This yummy snack is known for its thin and crispy texture, and makes for a delicious snack to munch on. 

Also read: 5 Best Chips Recipes To Prepare At Home: Potato Chips, Banana Chips & More

These crispy delights are made from raw unripe bananas and are deep-fried until golden in colour. They can be sweet or savoury in flavour, and are often seasoned with masalas such as red chilli powder and black pepper. While most of us prefer buying this South Indian snack from the market, it’s best to make fresh banana chips at home. Now you may think that making banana chips from scratch requires a lot of time and effort. But what if we tell you that you can easily make this yummy snack at home? Here we bring a simple banana chips recipe that’ll ensure that they turn out to be super crispy.  

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Here’re Some Tips To Make Crispy Banana Chips At Home: 

1. Use The Right Type Of Bananas

Using the right type of bananas helps in ensuring that your banana chips turn out to be crispy. Opt for firm and unripe bananas as they have a low sugar content. If possible, try to get your hands on starchier banana varieties like the Nendran and Saba cultivars.  

2. Slice Them Thinly 

The next thing to keep in mind while making banana chips is to slice them thinly. Make sure that they are sliced uniformly, as this allows them to cook evenly. The thinner your banana chips are, the crisper they will be.

3. Soak Them In Salt Water 

Once you’ve sliced the bananas, soak them in a bowl of salted water for a few minutes. This helps in removing excess starch from the bananas and prevents them from sticking together while frying.  

Also read: Bored of Potato Chips? 5 Unique And Delicious Chips Recipes You Should Try At Home

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Crispy Banana Chips Recipe: How To Make Crispy Banana Chips 

To begin with, add banana slices, salt and turmeric in a bowl and let it set for around 4-5 minutes. Now, give it a good mix and transfer to a colander to drain completely. Heat some coconut oil in a kadhai set on medium flame.  

Add the banana slices in small batches and fry until crispy and golden in colour. Once done, transfer onto a paper napkin. Sprinkle some salt and red chilli powder on top and allow them to cool. Store in an air-tight container for up to a week. Serve and enjoy! 

For the complete recipe of crispy banana chips, click here. 

Try out this recipe and let us know how it worked for you in the comments section below. If you’re looking for more South Indian snacks, click here for some of our best recipes. 

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Watch: Secret Tips To Make Perfectly Crispy Aloo Chips That Will Last A Year

Watch: Secret Tips To Make Perfectly Crispy Aloo Chips That Will Last A Year

Whether it is for evening snacking, or late-night munching paired with meals like sandwiches, aloo chips stand out as the preferred option. Homemade aloo chips are commonly seen in Indian households as they offer the same crunch and saltiness, minus the preservatives. But one problem that all home chefs face is that the chips turn black, soggy and unpalatable sooner than expected. Do you also face a similar issue? You are going to thank us for these superb tips that we dug out for you to make long-lasting aloo chips at home.  

In a video posted on the YouTube channel ‘Cooking With Reshu’, we found out some great hacks to make the perfect homemade aloo chips that don’t turn black and remain crispy for a long time. We listed down the recipe with tips for you here.  

(Also Read: Indian Cooking Tips: How To Make Street-Style Crispy And Khasta Samosa)

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You can easily make aloo chips at home. Image Credit: iStock

How To Make Crispy Aloo Chips I Homemade Aloo Chips Recipe  

1. First, take large-sized potatoes. Wash and peel them and put them in water. This ensures that the potatoes don’t turn black when cooked. Then cut them into round slices.   

Tip: After cutting the slices, immediately put them in water. This is also an important step to prevent the blackening of the chips later.  

2. Now wash all the slices in water.  

Tip: Wash thoroughly 2-3 times. This removes the starch from the potatoes and lengthens their life. With low starch content, the chips will retain shape for a long time. 

3. Now boil some water and add salt to it. When the water starts boiling, add the raw potato slices and cook with the lid closed.  

Tip: The water should be fully boiling when you put the chips, the slices may cook unevenly otherwise. If you put slices in cold or par-boiling water, some of the chips will dunk to the bottom of the vessel and will cook later than others. 

4. Boil the slices for 5-7 minutes, not more than that.   

Tip: Keep shuffling and turning the slices so that all the slices cook evenly at the same time. Take a ladle and keep turning the slices after a minute so that both the sides of the chips get heat from the gas. 

5. When foam forms in the water, take it as a sign that the slices are cooked.   

Tip: Another way to know if the slices are cooked is that the ends slightly curl inwards. The chips should be crispy and should not break when touched.  

6. Take off the slices from the gas, drain the water through a strainer and dry in the sun for 1-2 days.  

Tip: Sun-drying is a long process but it gives an everlasting crispiness to the chips. If the weather is sunny, one day should be enough or else it may take up to 3 days too. Check if the chips have hardened to know they are dried enough.  

7. Store these chips and fry them whenever you want to consume them.   

Also Read: 5 Tricks To Make Perfect Street-Style Aloo Tikki

Try this recipe and these tips to make the perfect homemade potato chips. Watch the complete recipe video here:  

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