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Arbi chips

Name: Arbi chips
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 8 medium arbi colocasia (taro root, eddoes); Water, for rinsing; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), about 750 ml for deep frying, about 3 1/2 tbsp absorbed; 1/2 tsp ajwain (carom seeds); 1 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1/2 tsp dry mango powder; 3/4 tsp salt

Colocasia sliced thin and fried golden with ajwain. Nutty, crisp and a little addictive.

45 minTime

2 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

227kcal

2 gprotein

4 gfibre

45minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Colocasia (taro root, eddoes)8 medium arbi

Waterfor rinsing

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)about 750 ml for deep frying, about 3 1/2 tbsp absorbed

Ajwain (carom seeds)½ tsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Dry mango powder½ tsp

Salt¾ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Rub your hands with oil and peel the arbi. Slice thinly, about 1.5 mm, on a mandoline with the guard.
2Rinse the slices in a few changes of water until the slipperiness eases, then dry well on towels.
3Heat the oil in a kadai, no more than half full, to 170°C.
4Fry small batches for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring. Keep children away and do not leave the stove.
5Drain and toss with crushed ajwain, chilli, amchur and salt while hot.

Serve it like this

Serve in a bowl with a wedge of lemon and hot chai.

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