Listing description
Banana chips are deep-fried 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 or spicy taste.
Detailed description
Banana
chips are commonly found in India and Indonesia (as kripik). Variants of banana chips may be covered with chocolate instead. Banana chips are similar to chifle, usually made from firmer, starchier fruit
varieties of the genus Musa commercially called plantains or "cooking bananas".
Fried
Fried banana chips are usually produced from under-ripe banana
slices deep-fried in sunflower
oil or coconut
oil. These chips are dry (like potato chips) and can be salted,
spiced, sugar coated or jaggery coated. If ripe bananas are used, they come out
oily. They are used for desserts, not for dry chips.
Dried
Some varieties of banana chips can be produced using only food
dehydration. Banana slices that are only dehydrated are not dark yellow and
crunchy, but rather are brown, leathery and chewy. 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.
Benefit
Banana chips are made by deep-frying or drying banana slices.
Dried banana chips, in turn, contain mostly all vitamins and minerals found in
fresh banana fruits. However, the biggest amount of health-boosting nutrients
are found in fresh banana fruits.
Fiber
Fiber can maintain your healthy digestive system which can lower
chance to get constipation.[2] Fiber also can reduce blood cholesterol and
manage blood sugar levels which can lead to heart disease and type2 diabetes.
Some disease such as cardiovascular and some cancer can be anticipated by
eating fiber. Usually, 1-ounce of banana chips contain 2.2 grams of fiber
compared with a fresh banana which contains 3.1 grams of fiber.[3] This makes a fresh banana a healthier
option.
Iron
Iron is one of the essential minerals that is used to form
hemoglobin and myoglobin. They are the two proteins that serve your tissues
with a new and fresh amount of oxygen. Iron also stimulates enzymes that
metabolism needed to execute the chemical reactions to form energy. 1.4
milligrams of iron are contained in a four-ounce serving of banana chips. This
equals roughly 18% of the everyday iron demand for men or 8% for women,
according to the Linus Pauling Institute.[2]
Potassium
Although potassium is an important mineral, a fresh banana which
contains 422 milligrams has much more Potassium than the banana chip which
contains only 152 milligrams.[3]Potassium
and other minerals like sodium manage your blood pressure level.[2] This mineral maintains a normal heartbeat
and muscle function. It also improves your digestive system and skeleton.[3]
Vitamins
Banana is a great source of vitamins A, B6, C and D. Vitamin A
promotes many benefits like healthy teeth, bones and soft tissues. Vitamin B6
aids immune system, heart and brain health. Indeed, B6 vitamin is needed for
the proper development and functioning of the brain. Vitamin C boots healing,
growth of tissue and ligament and increases the amount of the iron body
absorption from plant sources. As antioxidant, vitamin C can help to prevent
the appearance of some cancers, cardiovascular diseases and various chronic
diseases. Finally Vitamin D is also very important for normal growth and
development of bones and teeth by helping the body to absorb calcium.[4]
Manganese
Manganese is a mineral nutrient which promotes healthy bone
structure and bone metabolism by helping to create essential enzymes for
building bones. It is also a co-enzyme which assist many metabolic activity in
the human body. In addition, Manganese helps the formation of connective
tissues, absorption of calcium, regulation of blood sugar level, and metabolism
of fats and carbohydrates.
Uses and variations
India
Fried plantain chips,
usually made in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil
Nadu, and known locally as nenthra-kaaya
oopperi or upperi in Kerala, are fried in coconut
oil.[5] Both ripe and unripe plantains are used for
this variant. Sometimes they are coated with masala or jaggery to
form spicy and sweet variants. Almost plain banana and platain chips are called pachkkaya varuthathu and kaya
upperi respectively;[6] sweet
jaggery-banana chips are called sharkara
upperi. It is an integral part of the traditional Kerala meal called sadya served during weddings and traditional
festivals such as Onam.
Indonesia
Banana is a native plant of Maritime Southeast Asia and the people of the archipelago has
developed many uses of it for ages, including as a snack. In Indonesia, banana chip is called kripik pisang, and is
considered as a variant of crispy kripik (traditional
chip or crisp). Kripik pisang is a popular crispy snack and can be
commonly found in Indonesia, although it seems to be more prevalent in Java and
Sumatra. Usually unripe green bananas are thinly sliced, soaked in lime and
salt water solution, and being deep fried as chips.[7] Unripe banana is well suited for deep
frying due to
its low content of water and sugar, while having high starch content. Pisang goreng is another fried banana snack,
although it is not thinly slices and serves as a sweet hot snack.
Latin America
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. These deep-fried plantain chips
are also quite popular in the southeastern part of Mexico, especially in the
state of Tabasco.
PRICE
$12.1/KG OR
$5.5/IB
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