Banana Chips Recipe - How To Make Banana Chips
Banana Chips is a crispy crunchy slices of chips made out of raw unripe banana that induce your tastes buds to want for more. You get it in different flavours and varieties with wide varieties of banana grown in India
An Outline Of Banana Chips :
Banana chips contain fibre, potassium and iron. It also has magnesium and phosphorous and vitamin A in it. The fibre content present in banana chips regulates cholesterol level in the blood and prevents constipation. It also boosts potassium along with other minerals in the body. Thus, it is god for health if taken in moderation.
Forms Of Banana Chips
Banana Chips can be taken plain or it can be added as toppings to your oatmeal, vegetable salads or as side dish for your main course meal. Banana Chips is relished by people of all age groups all over the world. You can just add up to your creativity and can make enticing combinations using the banana chips.
Banana Chips and Coconut Oil
Banana chips always go hand in hand with coconut oil as it tastes best when fried in pure coconut oil. It is not only delicious but also good for health, as coconut oil has antioxidants and rich in nutrition. The aroma of fresh deep fried banana chips in coconut oil is so heavenly that it makes us get addicted to it.
Let us see the simple method of preparing it at home with the available ingredients within minutes.
Ingredients Required To Make Banana Chips Recipe
How To Make Banana Chips Recipe
Wash and peel off the skin from the banana and using a slicer, just slice it into thin pieces and keep it over a damp white muslin cloth.
Place a 'kadai' in the stove and pour 200 ml of coconut oil in it and keep it in high flame.
When the oil is heated, just adjust the flame into medium mode and drop a portion banana slices into the kadai gently.
Let it fry for a minute or two.
Use a 'jarini' (an exclusive ladle with circular pores used in Tamil Nadu for frying}) and gently stir the banana slices now and then.
After two minutes, just topple them around to get fried on the other side too.
By this time, the chips would have become golden colour and crispy.
Similarly, prepare the remaining slices and keep it on a plate over a paper towel to absorb excess oil from them.
Switch off the stove.
When the chips are done, just sprinkle a pinch of salt and smear a few pinches of grounded pepper powder over it and serve it with a cup of filter coffee, for an evening snack.
Store the remaining banana chips in an air tight container.
Tips To Follow To Make Banana Chips Recipe :
- Always choose big sized bananas as you will get big sliced chips which are good and attractive to look at.
Just ensure that you put the banana slices into the oil at right temperature. If the temperature is too high, lower the flame for a few minutes and vice versa.
Make it a point to fry the slices immediately as soon as it is sliced, in order to prevent them from turning dark.
Instead of pepper powder, you can also use red chilli powder or if you still need some variation, you can sprinkle a little garam masala (a popular spicy masala you get in India) to enhance the flavour.
Ingredients
Directions
Wash and peel off the skin from the banana and using a slicer, just slice it into thin pieces and keep it over a damp white muslin cloth.
Place a 'kadai' in the stove and pour 200 ml of coconut oil in it and keep it in high flame.
When the oil is heated, just adjust the flame into medium mode and drop a portion banana slices into the kadai gently.
Let it fry for a minute or two.
Use a 'jarini' (an exclusive ladle with circular pores used in Tamil Nadu for frying}) and gently stir the banana slices now and then.
After two minutes, just topple them around to get fried on the other side too.
By this time, the chips would have become golden colour and crispy.
Similarly, prepare the remaining slices and keep it on a plate over a paper towel to absorb excess oil from them.
Switch off the stove.
When the chips are done, just sprinkle a pinch of salt and smear a few pinches of grounded pepper powder over it and serve it with a cup of filter coffee, for an evening snack.
Store the remaining banana chips in an air tight container.