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Easy and crispy homemade raw banana chips. Perfect make-ahead snacks
Prepare raw banana
- Always wash the raw banana well before cutting
- Trim the top and bottom portion
- Peel the skin completely. make sure the green part is completely removed
- Use a right slicer and slice them in equal size
- Always place the sliced raw banana in a kitchen towel to remove moisture
- If you are making a larger batch slice one, fry then slice other
Oil temperature
Oil temperature places a crucial role .always heat oil in medium flame and fry the chips in low - medium flame
Tips for frying Vazhakka chips
- Fry only after the moisture goes off
- Add vazhakkai in batches
- avoid crowding and overlapping as it might turn the chips soggy
- Flip and fry
- Fry still froth and sshhh sound subsides
Tips for Salt + water
- Adding salt water to hot oil helps for perfect seasoning of chips
- Make sure salt and water are well mixed
- After adding salt water, the oil turns frothy so be careful
Spicy valakkai chips
I prefer using Kashmiri chilli powder as it gives a nice color to the chips. Adding asafoetida helps for digestion so I mix them and add them to the chips. Add spice powder right after frying (when it is hot)
Cool then store
After frying the chips cool then store them in an airtight container else chips might turn soggy.
Yellow Raw banana chips
Add a little turmeric powder to the salt + water for bakery-style yellow banana chips
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Vazhakkai recipes
Ingredients
- Raw banana 2 peel and thinly sliced
- Salt 1 tsp
- water 1 tsp
- Oil to fry
- Optional
- Kashmiri chilli powder 1 tsp
- asafoetida
Instructions
- Firstly heat oil
- Mix salt and water; keep aside
- Wash the raw banana, and trim the edges. Peel the skin using a peeler. Make sure you remove the green skin completely
- Use slicer and slick thin and equal size pieces
- Place them in a kitchen towel and let the moisture evaporates
- Check if the oil is at the right temperature then add raw banana in batches
- Fry in low - medium flame
- Avoid overlapping
- Flip and fry till shhh sounds and froth subside
- Drain the oil and place it in a colander
Salt Vazhakkai chips
- Sprinkle Asafoetida and give a quick mix
- cool then store in an airtight container
Spicy Vazhakkai chips
- Mix Kashmiri chilli powder and asafoetida
- Add it according to your taste
- cool then store in an airtight container
Baked Vazhakai chips
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
- In a bowl, combine plantain, 1 tablespoon of oil, chilli powder, and salt
- Take a baking tray and place parchment paper. Grease with a cooking spray and spread the plantains
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, turning the plantain slices after about 8 minutes
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Notes
Prepare raw banana
- Always wash the raw banana well before cutting
- Trim the top and bottom portion
- Peel the skin completely. make sure the green part is completely removed
- Use a right slicer and slice them in equal size
- Always place the sliced raw banana in a kitchen towel to remove moisture
- If you are making a larger batch slice one, fry then slice other
Tips for Salt +water
- Adding salt water to hot oil helps for perfect seasoning of chips
- Make sure salt and water are well mixed
- After adding salt water, the oil turns frothy so be careful
- Add a little turmeric powder to the saltwater for bakery-style yellow banana chips
Tips for frying Vazhakka chips
- Always heat oil in medium flame and fry the chips in low - medium flame
- Fry only after the moisture goes off
- Add vazhakkai in batches
- avoid crowding and overlapping as it might turn the chips soggy
- Flip and fry
- Fry still froth and sshhh sound subsides
- Add spice powder right after frying (when chips are hot)
- After frying the chips cool then store them in an airtight container else chips might turn soggy
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Ingredients:
Raw banana 2, peel and thinly sliced
Salt 1 tsp
water 1 tsp
Oil to fry
Spicy chips
Kashmiri chilli powder 1 tsp
asafoetida
How to make vazhakkai chips with step by step pictures
Prepare raw banana
- Firstly heat oil
- Mix salt and water; keep aside
- Wash the raw banana, and trim the edges. Peel the skin using a peeler. Make sure you remove the green skin completely
- Use a slicer and slice them thin and in equal size
- Spread them in a kitchen towel and let the moisture evaporates. Avoid overlapping
Fry chips
- Check if the oil is at the right temperature then add raw banana in batches
- Fry in low - medium flame
- Avoid overlapping
- Flip and fry till shhh sounds and froth subside
- Carefully add salt water
- Drain the oil and place it in a colander
Salt Vazhakkai chips
- Sprinkle Asafoetida and give a quick mix
- cool then store in an airtight container
Spicy Vazhakkai chips
- Mix Kashmiri chilli powder and asafoetida
- Add it according to your taste
- cool then store in an airtight container
Baked chips
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
- Follow all the steps mentioned in "prepare raw banana"
- In a bowl, combine plantain, 2 tablespoon of oil, chilli powder, asafoetida, and salt; mix gently
- Take a baking tray and place parchment paper. Grease with a cooking spray and spread the plantains
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, turning the raw banana after about 8 minutes
Nice! Healthy banana chips!!
Thanks Garima:)
yummy
Thanks Mani:)
Healthy chips, we know what's in it rather than getting scared by buying it outside 🙂
Yes Malar:) totally agree
Very healthy option yaar 🙂 Will try it soon
Yes Srividhya:) Do try and let me know how it turned out
Sure
Healthy and tasty…. I suppose I could try the pepper version in a similar manner.
Thanks Aruna:) pepper version is nice idea, I didn't think about it. Will try,thanks for the idea:)
Am so getting plaintain next week 🙂
🙂 that's cool Charanya
Great recipe! Never had a plantain but sure looks nice and crispy.
ela h.
Thanks Ela:)
Ohh!! Thats something which shd go in my to do list…
Good to hear:) do try and let me know
Looks delicious vidya.....
Thanks Chitra:)
Oh I love these and they are so great for healthy snacking! Yum!!!
Thanks Tina:)
Yum. I love plantains in all forms! Great idea to bake instead of fry. Much healthier.
Thanks Amanda:)
This looks healthy n yummy n easy to prepare too vidya!!
Thanks Shannu:)
I've eaten lots of fried plantain and also plantain chips, but I've never made them. Thanks for sharing!
Glad that you liked them Liz:)
Great snack! Now that I have discovered plantains I am really looking forward to trying out more recipes – loving the chilli!!
Glad that you liked:)
Much healthier than fried, great idea.
Thanks Suzanne:)
as kids we used scramble and quarrel over these. Mom used to get a few packs through our Malayali neighbor, once a year. And it used to be over in a few days 🙂 I make these in oven, never tried the microwave. Now i will follow your recipe oneday, to make the microwave version 🙂
Healthy post , Vidya 🙂
I can very well relate to your story:) myself and sis had lot of similar stories:) I have tried in oven, yet to try microwave version
This looks fun! I recently went to a small Health Fair and someone brought baked plantain chips with a Trader Joe’s Spicy Bean Dip and from then on, I discovered more of a liking for plantain chips! Perfect timing for the recipe!
Glad to hear that you like baked plantain chips:) do try and let me know
Beautiful post and healthy chips! 🙂
Thanks:)
Love this idea! Do you use a ripe plantain or a green one?
Thanks:)I used green plantain
Interesting recipe dear…….thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for the lovely words Sony:)
Looks healthy and tasty!
Thanks:)
The deep fried aspect of cooking always puts me off not that they dont taste good, they taste too good, but its just a lot of work by the end of which you dont want to eat it anyway. Baked chips sounds wonderful!
Thanks:-) totally agree at times oil is the biggest concern,baking is the best alternative
Wow, i wonder why i haven't seen this website this long. Thanks for sharing, going to try sedai and plantain chips today/tomorrow. Thanks.
Thank you