Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Raw Banana Chips - homemade banana chips made easy using a raw banana. These banana chips are good tea time snacks or any time snack, also can be served as a side dish for variety rice or rice with sambar, rasam, and curd.
Preparation time: 2 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins ( totaltime:30 mins )
Ingredients
- 2 Raw Bananas
- ½ tsp Red Chilly powder
- ½ tsp Garam masala
- ½ tsp Pepper powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Water
- 1-liter Sunflower Oil
- Take 1 tsp salt in a small bowl, add 1 tbsp of water to it and mix well. Keep aside and let the salt dissolves completely.
- Take the bananas and cut the ends and peel the skin using the peeler. Set aside.
- Heat 1 litre of oil in heavy wide bottomed kadai/ wok.
- When it is hot enough, turn the heat to low flame and start slicing half of the banana directly to the oil with the help of the slicer. Use a thin slicer blade and be careful while doing this.
- Deep fry the banana slices on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Gently mix it, so that the banana slices don't stick to each other.
- Once cooked slightly, add tsp prepared salt water to the oil. Gently mix it. Be careful while adding salt water, it slightly splitters and bubbles but don't need to worry.
- Flip them when half cooked. Fry till they turn crisp and golden brown. It will take about 8 - 10 mins to cook.
- Transfer to a bowl or plate lined with tissue paper.
- Repeat the same with the remaining banana. Do it in batches.
- As soon as you remove the chips from oil, immediately add the flavours. Once it cools down, the flavor doesn't stick to the bananas.
- To make Chilly flavored Banana chips add ¼ - ½ tsp red chilly powder to one batch of fried banana wafers. Toss them, so that the chili powder coats well on all slices.
- To make Masala flavored Banana chips, add ¼ - ½ tsp garam masala powder to another batch of fried banana wafers. Toss them, so that the garam masala powder coats well on all slices.
- To make Pepper flavored Banana chips, add ¼ - ½ tsp pepper powder to another batch of fried banana wafers. Toss them, so that the pepper powder coats well on all slices.
- Store in an airtight container and it stays fresh up to one month.
💥 Step by step pic how to make raw banana chips at home
- Take 1 tsp salt in a small bowl, add 1 tbsp of water to it and mix well. Keep aside and let the salt dissolves completely.
- Take the bananas and cut the ends and peel the skin using the peeler. Set aside.
- Heat 1 liter of oil in heavy wide bottomed kadai/ wok. When it is hot enough, turn the heat to low flame and start slicing half of the banana directly to the oil with the help of the slicer. Use a thin slicer blade and be careful while doing this.
- Deep fry the banana slices on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Gently mix it, so that the banana slices don't stick to each other.
- Once cooked slightly, add tsp prepared salt water to the oil. Gently mix it. Be careful while adding salt water, it slightly splitters and bubbles but don't need to worry.
- Flip them when half cooked. Fry till they turn crisp and golden brown. It will take about 8 - 10 mins to cook.
- When they turn crisp and cooked, transfer to a bowl or plate lined with tissue paper.
- To make Chilly flavored Banana chips add ¼ - ½ tsp red chilly powder to one batch of fried banana wafers. Toss them, so that the chili powder coats well on all slices.
- To make Masala flavored Banana chips, add ¼ - ½ tsp garam masala powder to another batch of fried banana wafers. Toss them, so that the garam masala powder coats well on all slices.
- To make Pepper flavored Banana chips, add ¼ - ½ tsp pepper powder to another batch of fried banana wafers. Toss them, so that the pepper powder coats well on all slices.
- Store in an airtight container and it stays fresh up to one month.