Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, banana chips/ ethakka upperi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Though they're made using raw, green plantains, in Kerala, we lovingly refer to these as Banana Chips (Ethakka Upperi). These salty/sweet chips were my only. Ingredients; Raw Banana(Ethakka/ Nenthrakka) Salt water Oil For Frying.
Banana chips/ Ethakka upperi is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Banana chips/ Ethakka upperi is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook banana chips/ ethakka upperi using 5 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Banana chips/ Ethakka upperi:
- Take 4 Raw plantain
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 tsp Salt
- Take 1/2 cup Water
- Prepare Coconut oil for frying
Ethakka Upperi (Banana Chips) is an easy-to-make South Indian recipe which is prepared with raw or unriped bananas, turmeric and salt. This is a healthy snack recipe that can be served at any get-together, and is a healthy alternative to fried potato chips. Serve it to your kids at anytime of the day! Nendrangai chips (ethakka upperi) is very popular in Kerala and is served as a side dish or had as an anytime snack.
Instructions to make Banana chips/ Ethakka upperi:
- Peel the outer skin of the bananas and immerse them in the turmeric water for 5 mins.
- Drain the banana and rub it with a tissue paper/towel.
- Slice it into thin round pieces. You can use a slicer or a knife. The pieces should be thin.
- Heat the oil in a deep frying pan on medium heat.
- Meanwhile mix the salt, turmeric powder and water in a bowl and keep it aside.
- Slide the sliced bananas into hot oil without overcrowding them. Make sure that the slices are separated while adding to the oil, otherwise it will be clumped together and undercooked.
- Stir it after few mins.
- Once the chips are almost crisp, add 1 to 1.5 tsp of salt mixture to the chips. Be careful while adding this, since oil bubbles up a lot.
- When the bubbling diminishes completely, gently toss them on every side.
- Drain the chips on paper towel.
- Follow the same procedure with the remaining batches.
- Once the chips cool completely, store it in an airtight container.
It is also served at Onam sadya. These crunchy and crispy chips with the flavor of coconut oil is very quick and easy to make. Kids and adults alike will love this homemade banana. Banana Chips or Ethakka Upperi is arguably the most popular snack in Kerala that also finds its place in all Kerala Sadya. You need to use unripe plaintains (ethakka, the raw form of ethappazham used to make Pazham Pori, which is not the same as vazhakka). making ethakka upperi or kerala banana chips.
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