Vazhakkai Chips / Raw Banana Chips

      Vazhaikkai chips is a simple home made chips recipe. It can be made very quick. All you got to do is slice the plantain, fry it, season it. Ta-da.. It can be a vey good side dish for rice or a perfect snack. I learned this recipe from my mother-in-law. But my hubby loves my version. ha ha...

Vazhakkai Chips / Raw Plantain Chips

Cuisine: Indian | Category: Side dish/Snacks | Serves: 4

Prep Time: 10 min | Cook Time: 30 min

Ingredients

Vazhakkai/Raw banana	- 2
Oil	- enough to deep fry
Chilli powder	- 3/4 tsp
Salt	- as required

Instructions

1. Cut the edges and peel the skin of vazhaikkai(raw plantain).

2. Cut into two parts and keep them in a bowl of water so that it doesn't change colour.

3. Meanwhile heat enough oil to fry chips in a pan. After it is getting hot take one piece of plantain and make thin slices using a slicer.

4. Drop the sliced pieces immediately into the hot oil. Fry until it gets golden brown color. Drain excess oil by putting the chips on tissue paper. For the next batch slice the next plantain piece and fry it. Slice it batch by batch and fry it or you can slice directly into hot oil.

5. Finally season the chips with chilli powder and salt accoding to your taste.

Very crispy and tasty chips ready to eat!

Lax Notes

* Keeping peeled plantain in water is very important otherwise it will become black.

* Instead of making slices in several batches, you can slice them all and keep it in a bowl of water. But you have to be very careful when you drop it into hot oil as it was in water.

* Adjust chilli powder according to your taste. You can also add little bit of asafoetida.