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Banana chips are deep-fried and/or dried slices of bananas (fruits of herbaceous plants of the genus Musa of the soft, sweet "dessert banana" variety). They can be covered with sugar or honey and have a sweet taste, or they can be fried in oil and spices and have a salty and/or spicy taste. Variants of banana chips may be covered with chocolate instead. Banana chips are not to be confused with chifle, made from firmer, starchier fruit varieties of the genus Musa commercially called plantains or "cooking bananas."
Fried
Usually, the chips are produced from underripe bananas, of which slices are deep-fried in sunflower oil or coconut oil, which are then dried, and to which preservatives are added. These varieties of chips can be very oily, due to the deep-frying process.
Another form of fried banana chips, usually made in Kerala (India) and known locally as 'upperi', is fried in coconut oil. Both ripe and unripe bananas are used for this variant. Sometimes they are coated with masala or jaggery to form both spicy and sweet variants. It is an integral part of the traditional Kerala meal called sadya served during weddings and traditional festivals such as Onam.
Dried
Some healthier varieties of banana chips can be produced using only food dehydration. Banana slices that are only dehydrated are not light brown and leathery, but rather are dark yellow and crunchy. They are very sweet and have an intense banana flavor. These are ideally made from bananas that are fully ripe.
Another kind is made by baking in an oven, although this process may not result in the same intense banana flavor.
Uses and variations
The chips are often part of muesli and nut mixes.
Other chips, such as patacones, are salty.
Similar chips called chifle are made from plantains, the family of fruit that bananas come from. (In tropical Latin American cultures, all bananas are considered plantains, but not all plantains are bananas.) Bananas are the small sweet fruits and plantains are the large fruits. In Kerala, under-ripe plantains are used to make salted and sweet chips. These deep-fried plantain chips are also quite popular in the southeastern part of Mexico. Specially in the state of Tabasco where the company Charricos produces and commercializes an assortment of sweet,[1] salty[2][3] and spicy[4][5] plantain snacks.[6][7]
See also
- Banana - In popular culture and commerce, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet "dessert" Musa cultivars.
- Chifle - a similar salty snack chip made from plantains.
- Plantain - Musa cultivars with firmer, starchier fruit
- Tostones - a similar salty snack made from plantains.
References
- ^ "Lanza Charricos nuevo producto". Charricos.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Hojuelas de Platano". Charricos.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Plátanos con sal". Charricos.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Plátanos con Chile y Limon". Charricos.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Plátanos con Jalapeño". Charricos.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Si saben ricos". www.charricos.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "promociones". Charricos.com.mx. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
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