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Sweet Potato Chips: Sweet potato is cultivated in Diara region of Samastipur. Dr. Geetanjali Chaudhary told the method of making healthy chips of sweet potato. These chips are delicious and healthy, diabetes and weight control …Read more
The method of making the scientist
Samastipur: You must have eaten potato chips. You must have eaten and eaten, but today we are telling you the recipe of such chips which beat the potato chips in both taste and health. We are talking about chips of sweet potato (potato). The easier it is to make it, the taste it tastes. These chips are not only healthy, but can also prove to be helpful in diabetes and weight control.
Sweet potatoes are cultivated on a large scale in Diara area of Samastipur district. It gives good yield in sandy soil and has also become a good source of income for local farmers. If you also cultivate sweet potato or you have it easily available in the market, then you can make this chips at home in a very easy way. On this subject, we talked to Dr. Geetanjali Chaudhary, who is a scientist in the Community Department of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa. He has described a very easy and home way to make healthy chips from sweet potato.
Recipe
First of all, take fresh sweet potato of medium size and wash them thoroughly and peel them. Now take water in a vessel and add two pinch of potassium metabylfite. You can easily take it from any grocery store. Keep the sweet potato pieces for a few minutes. This does not make the sweet potato black and its color and taste remains intact. After this, cut the sweet potato like potato chips. For this you can use chips cutters. Now keep these pieces in cold water for 10-15 minutes. This will remove the additional starch present in it, which will make the chips more crisp. Dry them on a cloth and dry them in oil on light flame. When the chips become golden and crisp, then take them out and keep them on the tissue paper so that excess oil comes out. Now add salt, chaat masala or any masala of your choice as per taste.
Better in both taste and health
Dr. Gitanjali Chaudhary says that the chips of sweet potato are light sweet in taste, which gives it a sweet-nuts taste. It not only likes children, but can also become a healthy option for the elderly. Apart from this, it is rich in fiber, vitamin A and antioxidants.
