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Jackfruit chips....these crispy crunchy yummy chips is the best chips Kerala can offer to the world.... thanks to our grandmothers....our ancestors...
If you visit Kerala especially during the summers I urge you to get hold of a packet and feel the taste so unique which no other chips can offer. Jackfruit season is during the summers, every backyard boasts of atleast one tree, raw fruit is used to make chips while ripened ones can be had own its own or made into jams, appam etc.
Once you get the fruit, (I will be misleading you if I say this is an easy job) just slice it open, chop off the middle stem, and pull out the raw jackfruit, then de-seed it and slice into thin strips, you can also trim both the edges, which I…
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