Some telephone phone it Chiku 慈菇, around telephone phone it NgaKu 芽菇... As to why some telephone phone manly someone offsprings Chikuting...haha, solve it urself. These are alone available around Chinese New Year, thus it's a goodie. If u don't swallow them now, it's difficult to acquire them afterward on inward the year.
Arrowhead used to cost a lot years dorsum then.. earlier Tesco came to our shores. Back when I offset learnt to brand this, it could cost RM10/kg at moisture markets. Then many years went on (I no longer frequent moisture markets), supermarts or other hypermarts volition become for RM6 something. Then Tesco came and played it bad, they sold it for RM3 something. Oh well, that yr Giant, Carrefour in addition to Jusco speedily reduced their toll too, in addition to I could recollect how people grabbed the ngakus at Tesco. The next year, Tesco became fifty-fifty badder, going to RM2 something/kg. Me in addition to my sister inward constabulary volition live waiting for the Tesco workers to replenish the basket, alongside plastic bags inward our hands, ever ready. And when they exercise refill, nosotros couldn't fifty-fifty run into our ain hands or what nosotros took, nosotros could only get got in addition to set whatever into the bags cos in that place volition be so many hands. I saw a human being amid the women,, he wasn't shy, in addition to he shoved his arms thru the women's armpits in addition to grabbed the arowheads yesteryear the handsful. If u felt groped, I'm thus lamentable that u won't know who did it cos in that place were thus many arms. FYI, the moisture markets at that time are all the same selling them at around RM6/kg, which explains the rush to grab.
These few years, in that place are no to a greater extent than arrowhead rushes.. equally every hypermart is going for less than RM3/kg. So, u tin sack get got ur ain sugariness fourth dimension to choose in addition to choose in addition to select. No demand to catch nether armpits or over shoulders.
I offset tasted this fabulous oh thus tasty, tastier than whatsoever Lays or Pringles chips way dorsum inward 1988. My friend, Siew Ping gave me around chips, fried yesteryear her Taiwanese mom. They tasted thus different. They were ngaku chips, she told me. Well, I knew her mom, Mrs Loh as well, I ever become to her family for some dough shaping sessions with her mom, specially during Siew Ping's birthdays, her mom ever brand us sort our ain guotie. Mrs Loh taught me to peel, spell in addition to pat the arrowhead slices on kitchen towels earlier frying. To me, pat all the slices????? That's super tedious!!! And super wasteful. I ignored that role of the pedagogy in addition to only fried them correct after slicing. And they turned out alright. Now I know why Mrs Loh alone makes a little canister of it."Ngaku lor" I answered.
"Oh.. thus they await similar this. How to choose them?"
"Just acquire those alongside squeamish shine butts, no cracks, thus they'll live good"
"What else to exercise alongside them too frying?"
"Lots..... bla bla bla bla bla.............."
**I'll essay to post service what nosotros tin sack exercise alongside arrowheads too frying them into chips another time.
Ok, thus permit me present y'all why purchase those alongside no cracks...
In the cracks are dirt, in addition to I'm certain u don't desire to swallow dirt. The deeper the fissure the to a greater extent than dirt it'll have. Even if there's no dirt, the crevace volition non give u a circular apartment chip, u'll all the same demand to cutting correct upwards until u acquire a squeamish shine surface. Wastage.
In this picture, u demand to spell off 4 pieces to acquire a shine build clean surface. If for every ngaku u demand to spell off few pieces, u'll lose a lot of chips. 4 pieces hither is around 30% of this bulb.
Now, how to little the ngakus?
First, peel the ngakus, don't intermission off the stem. Use the stalk equally a conduct maintain when u spell it. Wash them build clean of dirt in addition to drain them. Slice them thinly. Do non launder after this. Water is the final thing the arrowhead slices ever demand
U tin sack utilisation a nutrient processor fitted alongside a slicing blade, but brand certain u purchase those that are smaller thus that the bulbs tin sack check through the rima oris of the feeder tube. If u utilisation a nutrient processor, u tin sack cutting off the stem.
Then oestrus a large wok of fossil oil on medium heat. Throw inward around common salt (I prefer it this way, or u tin sack common salt them when fried). Add inward sliced ngakus, spell yesteryear piece, vertically into the deepest role of the wok. Don't set too much. Make certain they don't overlap. If they exercise overlap, u must dissever them fast.
Fry until in that place are no visible bubbles coming from the ngaku slice. (U tin sack click on the pic to run into an enlarged version)
Remove that spell to drain on paper. The ngakus won't live prepare simultaneously..so after putting inward the ngakus spell yesteryear slice, acquire prepare ur chopstick in addition to strainer ladle to alternative upwards whichever spell that no longer has bubbles.
**Prepare ur draining trays alongside paper on the bottom, in addition to move yesteryear alongside disposable kitchen towels.
**Prepare ur draining trays alongside paper on the bottom, in addition to move yesteryear alongside disposable kitchen towels.
U tin sack common salt them at this indicate when they are all the same hot, or if u're similar me (put common salt inward oil), u demand non common salt them.
Let them cool downward totally, thus u tin sack pack them into canisters or air tight tupperwares.
Troubleshoot:
Chips non crunchy: U didn't little until all the bubble are gone. No bubble agency no to a greater extent than H2O inward chipsOily chips: Heat too low
Outer chip is brownish but within all the same fair in addition to soft: Too high heat
Brown ends or brownish spots on chips(as shown on right): Skin non peeled properly or bulb was bruised or non inward expert condition.
Pic: See the brownish ends?? This spell was close the tip where I couldn't peel properly w/o breaking the stem, thus in that place were bits of pare left.
U know what, I alone bought 2kgs of ngakus at a RM2.90/kg. And I made plenty to live sold for more RM60. Market toll for fried chips are RM12/red cap plastic canister. This amount that I made tin sack live set into to a greater extent than than v canisters. So.... u desire to purchase or brand them urself????
I'm saving them for CNY, thus Mike u tin sack alone swallow whatever residual that I can't check into these two large Enfagrow cans. Neh.. those at the dorsum of the cans... see???? I fed those to him. :)
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