Love Banana Chips? But don’t really know how to make it at home? Here’s the post that can be handy for you, if you are looking for the perfect Banana Chips Recipe. In this post, I have shared 2 recipes of one of the snacks that is liked by many and can also be easily made at home. These are the easy and simple ones that can be made with any variety of raw bananas. And the other one, which is the Kerala style recipe that uses the unripe Nendran variety of bananas and coconut oil.
About Kerala Banana Chips
These Kerala Style Banana Chips are slightly different than the easy Banana Chips Recipe shared below. One of the differentiating factors between the two is that the Kerala specialty uses unripe Nendran variety of bananas and coconut oil too.
The frying of the equally scrumptious banana slices in coconut oil and the firm texture of the typical Nendran bananas is what sets these crispy chips apart from the regular chips or wafers made from any variety of raw unripe bananas using a regular oil.
These Kerala Style Banana Chips are also known as ‘ethakka upperi’ in Malayalam language. These also form a part of the lavish, all-vegetarian ‘Sadya’ meal that is popular during the religious festival of Onam.
In this recipe post, I have shared a detailed method to get the perfect taste and texture in these Kerala style fried banana wafers. These homemade chips taste better than the store-brought ones. They are literally fantastic!
Growing up, Nendran chips used to be a favorite with us siblings as my dad would get them for us from his visits in Kerala. We used to call these banana wafers.
Nendran plantains are not easily available everywhere in India. So, you can use other varieties of raw bananas. However the taste and texture may differ slightly.
In Kerala cuisine, just like this Banana Chips Recipe, both raw bananas (plantain) or ripe bananas are added in many other recipes too – this chips recipe being one of the most loved.
While it’s easy and simple to deep fry, the method for making Nendran Banana Chips is quite unique and different.
It involves soaking the cut bananas in turmeric water, which enhances their color and acts as a mild preservative.
The bananas are often sliced directly into the hot coconut oil – a technique that requires some practice but results in evenly fried, crispy chips with an authentic taste.
A few spoons of salted water is added to the hot oil while frying the banana slices. This makes the chips get a nice salty taste.
Follow the method in the detailed step-by-step section below to make a batch as small or as large as you like—it’s easy to halve or double the quantity.
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