Vazhakkai chips recipe | Raw banana chips recipe – Home-made chips recipe with step-by-step pictures and tips. How to make Vazhakkai chips at home.
I have seen my grandmother making big batches of Vazhakkai chips using homemade raw bananas. But personally, I have never tried it at home. It is a very simple and easy procedure only. I was craving for vazhakkai chips a few days back. Then asked my mom for the recipe and took pictures to share the recipe here.
It turned out very crisp and yum. This can be served with a meal or as a tea-time snack too. This is one of the totally addictive homemade snacks. My grandmother makes these chips in huge batches so effortlessly. Those days without even thinking about the calories, we used to munch on this.
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Raw banana chips recipe
Ingredients
- 2 medium sized raw banana | Vazhakkai
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- Salt as needed
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Peel the skin of the raw bananas and slice them using a slicer (mandoline slicer)and immerse it in salt water for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, take out the slices and pat dry in a kitchen towel.
- On the other hand heat the oil for deep frying.
- When the oil is hot, carefully put in the dried and sliced raw bananas.
- Fry it in batches. Do not put too much at a time. Also carefully put them and ensure everyone is separate. If the raw banana slices are together then it will get cooked evenly and will become soggy.
- When the sizzle sound of the oil subsides, take them out and drain it in a kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the slices.
- Transfer it to a wide airtight container. Add pepper powder and chilli powder. Do not add salt as we added while immersing them in water.
- Shake vigorously for even mixing of spices.
- Enjoy crispy Vazhakkai chips with Rice and sambar or with tea | coffee.
Notes
2. After frying and draining the excess oil in the kitchen towel, a minute later transfer it to a air tight container. Repeat this for all the batches . If the chips stays outside till the entire batch gets over it will loose its crispiness.
3. For a healthy version you can bake it instead of frying.
4. In my in laws place the cook mami will take out the skin of the vazhakkai ( as we do for ripe banana) and directly slice them in the oil.
5. though i have seen that I never tried as i don't think i can bear the heat!!
6. Vazhakkai chips | raw banana chips tastes best with sambar rice
- Peel the skin of the raw bananas and slice them using a slicer (mandoline slicer)and immerse it in salt water for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, take out the slices and pat dry in a kitchen towel.
- On the other hand heat the oil for deep frying.
- When the oil is hot, carefully put in the dried and sliced raw bananas.
- Fry it in batches. Do not put too much at a time. Also carefully put them and ensure everyone is separate. If the raw banana slices are together then it will get cooked evenly and will become soggy.
- When the sizzle sound of the oil subsides, take them out and drain it in a kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the slices.
- Transfer it to a wide airtight container. Add pepper powder and chilli powder. Do not add salt as we added while immersing them in water.
- Shake vigorously for even mixing of spices.
- Enjoy crispy Vazhakkai chips with Rice and sambar or with tea | coffee.
amrith loves this! we buy back some packets when returning from india 🙂
yeah is that urundai kuzhambu? lovely clicks esp the last one
i love it.. my mom makes this in sim way..
love these crunchy n yummy chips…
My favorite too! Looks crispy n yum!
My favorite chips.. looks so tempting and perfect.. lovely clicks too.. thanks for sharing dear 🙂
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Looks super crispy and yumm..I usually buy this..especially love with red chilly powder dusted on it..
I am not making this as my hubby dont like it.. I am craving for some. u made me drool 🙂
Love this ….looks too gud …I want that bowl
I want a cup of hot coffee to go with that plate of chips. I learnt to use nendran banana to have that typical yellow color in chips.
anytime!!! they look so tempting and crispy and comforting!!!
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lovely clicks and crispy chips.I love it with pepper
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super inviting dear
Yummy…looks very tempting
Evergreen favy chips…
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This is my family fav snack. Looks yumm.perfectly done.
Crispy & a perfect tea time snack…
Prathima Rao
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Really tempting,pls pass some…
These chips are great. They just disappear when we make them.
its raining heavily here send me some of these. looks so crunchy.
After maravalli kizhangu chips, these chips are my fav.
wow…im droooling here!!looks amazing!
So perfect and crunchy. My MIL sprinkles some salt water to the chips as they are frying.. though that always sounds like a scary proposition to me 🙂
Tempting snack…cant stop at all….looks very appetising!!
Yummy crunchy snack,lovely!!
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perfect chip…looks very tempting…love it!!
Wow.. They look crunchy & crispy.. tempting snack.
One of my favorite chips. Looks inviting.
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wow those chips looks perfect crisp n tempting….hey jayashri i tried ur banana bread recipe it came out really well ,today i posted it also ..thanks for sharing
Wow superb yummy crispy chips.
Hi Jayshri,
can you tel me the process to bake them ?
Will surely try it soon and update here