I’m a huge fan of Lay’s potato chips. Do you? I know some of the parents are struggling to keep their children away from these lay’s and Kurkure. Even though the main ingredient of these lay’s is potato the spices and other substances used to enhance the flavour are really bad for our health. So, today we’re going to look into the lay’s chips recipes. Yes, not just one but all the top 5 flavours of lay’s. These are not only homemade but also a great zero waste snack!
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Is eating lay’s harmful?
As always before going to the lay’s chips recipes, let’s look at the reasons why one should always go for the homemade lay’s chips.
Even though they’ve removed the trans fats from the lay’s in 2003, they are processed food hence definitely they are bad for you.
Although Lay’s has a “low sodium” version of their chips, most contain an overabundance of salt. A diet consisting of too much salt can lead to high blood pressure and kidney disease. Even just one serving of Lay’s chips is recognized as high in calories and high in fat by the FDA. Loading ourselves with calories and fat causes weight gain and puts us at risk for other diseases. Unhealthy deep-fried chips cause digestive problems and stress on the body’s metabolism making it harder to produce insulin, which in turn leads to (or significantly increases the risk of) type 2 diabetes.
When we examine the label we read that the baked version contains additional ingredients such as corn starch, corn oil, and soy lecithin. Since it is not specified that they are organic, there is a high chance that they are genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. Also added is sugar and corn sugar (high fructose corn syrup) which have been shown in studies to increase the risk of obesity, liver damage, and metabolic syndrome. Scientists also discovered that about half of commercial high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was contaminated with mercury. (source)
Package of the Lay’s chips:
Also, we are not sure about the packaging. So why take the risk to our health and the environment? Let’s switch to homemade lay’s chips. One more interesting thing is that when we are buying them, we only get a minimum quantity but while doing it at home we have enough amount of healthy lay’s chips for all in our home!
Lay’s chips recipes:
Let’s get into the lay’s chips recipes. There are top 5 flavours of lay’s chips.
They are
- India’s magic masala (comes in the blue colour pack)
- American style cream and onion (green colour)
- Spanish tomato tango (the one comes in red colour)
- West Indies’ Hot ‘n’ Sweet Chilli (orange colour packing)
- Classic (comes in the yellow package)
Potato chips recipe:
Before going to the spices for each flavour, let’s look at how to make perfect potato chips in order to get the crispy homemade lay’s.
- Take the potatoes and rinse well with the water.
- Remove the potato skin with a peeler
- Slice them with the potato chips slicer cutter to get the exact shape of the lay’s.
- Now place the sliced potatoes in a bowl full of water for 5 minutes to remove the starch.
- Then drain the water and wash the slices again with water.
- Place these slices on a clean cotton cloth and dry them under the fan.
- Once they are dried, fry them in oil as you always do.
Your potato chips are ready!!! Now let’s get into the individual flavours.
Lay’s – India’s magic masala:
Ingredients:
- Garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Onion powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Amchur powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Red chilli powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Powdered sugar – 1/4 teaspoon
- Powdered salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- Potato chips – 1 cup
Instruction:
Mix these spice powders together and sprinkle it on the potato chips. Your Lay’s India’s magic masala is ready.
Worried about how to prepare these spice powders at home easily? Check this out to get the recipes of these spice powders. Here you can find all the spice powders mentioned in this post.
American style cream and onion:
Ingredients:
- Cheese powder – 1 teaspoon
- Garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Onion powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Pepper powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Coriander powder or Parsley powder – depends (If you’re going for coriander powder just 1/4 teaspoon is enough because it is little stronger than parsley. But if you use parsley powder go for 1/2 teaspoon of it)
- Powdered sugar – 1/4 teaspoon
- Powdered salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- Potato chips – 1 cup
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Instruction:
Mix the above-mentioned spice powders together and sprinkle it on the potato chips. Your American style cream and onion lay’s is ready for your evening snack!
Spanish tomato tango:
Ingredients:
- Tomato powder – 1 teaspoon
- Garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Ginger powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Clove powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Red chilli powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Pepper powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Cinamon powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Powdered sugar – 1/4 teaspoon
- Powdered salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- Potato chips – 1 cup
Instruction:
Take all these spice powders together and sprinkle it on the potato chips. Lay’s Spanish tomato tango is now ready to eat. You can even go for 2 teaspoons of tomato powder if you need more flavour of the tomato.
Lay’s – West Indies’ Hot ‘n’ Sweet Chilli
Ingredients:
- Garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Onion powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Powdered sugar – 1/4 teaspoon
- Powdered salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- Red chilli powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Potato chips – 1 cup
Instruction:
Mix these spice powders together and sprinkle it on the potato chips. Now the Lay’s West Indies’ Hot ‘n’ Sweet Chilli is ready.
Lay’s Classic:
It’s the easiest one among all 5 lay’s chips recipes
Ingredients:
- Powdered salt – 1 teaspoon
- Potato chips – 1 cup
Instruction:
Sprinkle the powdered salt on the potato chips. And there you go, your Lay’s Classic is ready.
Try all the lay’s chips recipes at home!
You can always alter the spice quantity mentioned here based on your taste requirements. If you need more spice, add chilly powder or if you need more tomato or cheese flavour, add a little more of it respectively.
Storage:
Store the lay’s chips in an airtight container. The lay’s chips can come for a month. But it won’t stay that long because you may finish them within a week😊
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The motto is to never sacrifice your food cravings in our zero waste journey. I hope with these lay’s chips recipes, you can satisfy your lay’s cravings. Let me know in the comments if you need any alternative healthy recipes for the processed or junk food that you’d love to eat! See you in the next post!
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