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Mangú is made up of boiled green plantains with or without peel on. When cooked through and soft the peel is removed. Plantains are then mashed with a fork and some water in which they were boiled in. The goal is to mash the plantains until it becomes smooth with no lumps.
An incision is made in the peel the full length of the plantain, and the peel is removed by hand. The plantains are immediately placed in salt water. Then the plantain is cut into thin slices, either across (round slices, like chips), or lengthwise (strips). The plantain slices are cooked in hot oil until golden and crispy.
The pulp of green plantain is typically hard, with the peel often so stiff that it must be cut with a knife to be removed. [ 10 ] Mature, yellow plantains can be peeled like typical dessert bananas; the pulp is softer than in immature, green fruit and some of the starch has been converted to sugar.
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Green (unripe) plantains are peeled, sliced lengthwise, diagonally, or widthwise, and then fried twice. [3] The raw slices of plantains are fried for one to two minutes on each side until they are golden in color, and removed and patted to remove excess cooking oil .
Aside from plantain chips, ARA Food also produces cassava or yuca chips under these brands. In 1984, ARA Food acquired the Mariquitas brand of plantain chips from a fellow Cuban-owned company.
Both ripe and unripe plantains are used for this type of chip preparation. The chips may be coated with masala or jaggery to form spicy and sweet variations. Plain banana and plantain chips are called pachkkaya varuthathu and kaya upperi, respectively; sweet jaggery-banana chips are called sharkara upperi or sharkkara varatty.