Home made sun dried aloo / potato chips

HOME MADE SUN DRIED ALOO / POTATO CHIPS

By Disha Lahori

INGREDIENTS

• Large potatoes  – 3 kg [white potatoes used for making chips ]
• Alum powder – a pinch [ optional added for whiteness ]
• Salt
• Ghee – ¼ tsp [ ghee is added softnes ]
• Potato slicer / mandolin / V – slicer

METHOD

Wash the potato and peel it .

Start slicing it using a slicer . Don’t slice it very thin else it will break .

Keep transferring the chips to salt water to avoid discolouration. See that the water level is more and the slices are completely covered with water .

TIP- Keep the slicer in such a way ,that the slices fall directly into the salt water .

Once slicing is done ,start washing the chips thoroughly .Changing 3 to 4 water. We do this to remove the starch else the chips will turn yellow once it dries up .

Heat a large pan full of water with salt  + alum + ghee . [ use a big pan ]

Bring the water to rolling point on high flame .

Now add ¼ portion of the sliced potato and cook for 4 to 5 mins OR till the potato is 70 % cooked.

If making the jali [netted ones ] ones ,then cook only for 2 to 3 mins ,as it cooks very fact.

While cooking , pls keep a watch ,as we don’t want over cooked ones .

CHECK – just bite the boiled chips ,it should have the crunch .It should not become soft.

Strain and remove the chips and keep it on a strainer /colander  .

Now add the other batch of sliced chips and repeat the process .

*** If water reduces ,then add extra water .

When the second batch is cooking ,you can start laying the boiled chips on a clean cloth [ bedsheet or cotton saree ] under the fan for 8 to 10 hrs . Don’t overlap .

Now collect the chips and dry it under the sun for 1 or 2 days .

Once they dry completely store them in air tight contatiners . Can be stored upto a year.

FRYING THE CHIPS –

When required , deep fry them in hot oil .

Fry few at a time ,as they double in size after frying .

Turn and fry on both sides till crisp. [don’t burn while frying ]

Remove on absorbent paper .

Healthy home made chips are ready to serve .

While serving ,we can sprinkle masala of our choice like chaat masala / herbs /chilli flakes / oregano / pepper pwdr / chilli pwdr /salt / red chilli pwdr / amchur pwdr / tomato pwdr / roasted jeera pwdr etc .

Serve them as side dish for snack time or any meals.

NOTES

1. Instead of slicing it plain ,we can use a slice having criss cross pattern blades .
2. Alum is added to keep the chips white ,but remember to just add a pinch .
3. Avoid using coloured cloth for drying .
4. Never dry on tray or plates .
5. Same recipe goes for sweet potato [RATALU ]or tapioca

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