Yam/KarunaiKaelangu Chips/Fry

Ingredients:

Yam - Medium size
Red Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Tamrind - small piece
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Peel the skin and chop the yam to tiny cubes.
• Wash this and add to a bowl.
• Add in water and tamrind and mix well.
• Let it sit for 20 mins.
• Strain this and wash again.
• Now strain the yam and take it in a bowl.
• Heat oil in pan, once hot add in these yam cubes and fry them.
• Fry them in medium flame.
• Once the sizzling sound settles, transfer to a bowl.
• Now turn off range and fry the curry leaves and set aside.
• Now in a bowl add in fried yam.
• Add in salt, chilly powder and hing.
• Add in fried curry leaves and toss well.
• Store in airtight container.

Masala Potato Chips

 

Ingredients:

Potato - 2
Besan flour  - 1/4 cup
Rice flour - 2 tbsp
White Sesame seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Hing - a pinch
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Now grate the potatoes and immerse in water.
• Use bigger holes for grating.
• Now strain the potatoes and add it to a bowl.
• Add in flour, spice powders, salt and hing.
• Add in sesame seeds and mix well.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these.
• Add to oil in a sprinkled way.
• Cook in medium flame.
• Once it turns in color, transfer to plate.
• Store in airtight container.

Vazhaithandu / Bananastem Chips

After Refrigerating

Before Refrigerating

Ingredients:

Banana Stem / Vazhaithandu - 140 g
Besan flour - 2 tbsp
Rice flour - 2 tbsp
Corn flour - 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves - 2 sprig
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• We generally cut and add the banana stem to butter milk water.
• So wash it with normal water and cut it to thin strips length wise.
• In a bowl add corn flour, rice flour and besan flour.
• Mix this and set aside.
• In a bowl add banana stem, chilly powders, garam masala.
• Add in ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and salt and mix well.
• Now add half of flour mix and mix it.
• Set this aside for 10 mins.
• It will leave water.
• Add in remaining flour and mix well.
• Refrigerate this for an hour.
• After desired time, if you find it watery you can add extra flour again.
• For me it was dry.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these.
• Yummy crispy chips ready.

Plantain (Vazhakaai) Chips

Ingredients:

Plantain - 2
Pepper - 2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp or As reqd
Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Peel the skin of plantain.
• Use chips cutter and make thin slices.
• Place these slices in water filled bowl.
• Heat oil in pan.
• Drain the water and spread in a plate.
• Add into oil and fry them.
• Once the sizzling sound stops take them off.
• Drain in tissue paper and transfer to airtight container.
• Finally add in pepper and salt and toss them up.
• Crispy chips ready.

Baked Carrot Chips

Baked Chips 

B4 baking

Ingredients:

Carrot - 1
Salt -1/8 tsp
Olive Oil - 1/2 tsp
Pepper power - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Grated the carrot in desired shape.
• Add this to a microwave safe bowl.
• Add in oil, salt and pepper powder.
• Toss them well.
• Microwave on high for 3 mins or until crisp.

Note:

• Check after 2 mins and adjust timing accordingly.
• Can skip pepper powder and give this baked carrot for kids(above 1 1/2 yrs).

Potato Chips

Ingredients:

Potato - 2
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Take water in a bowl and add little salt to it.
• Peel and slice potato.
• Add it to salt water and wash nicely.
• Repeat this process twice.
• Heat oil in pan and reduce the flame.
• Now drain little potato onto a plate.
• Carefully add them to oil(without water) and fry.
• Once the sizziling sound reduces transfer that to plate.
• Sprinkle pepper and salt and mix it.
• Check for spice and salt and increase accordingly.