''Kripik'' or ''keripik'' are

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s or crisps, bite-size snack crackers that can be savoury or sweet. They are made from various dried fruits, tubers, vegetables, and fish that have undergone a deep frying process in hot

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. They can be lightly seasoned with

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, or spiced with

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and sugar. Together with ''krupuk'', the etymology of the term ''kripik'' is believed as an

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to describe the crunch sound of this crispy snack. ''Kripik'' (chips) and ''

krupuk ''Krupuk'' ( Javanese), ''kerupuk'' ( Indonesian), ''keropok'' ( Malay), ''kroepoek'' ( Dutch) or ''kropek'' (Tagalog) is a cracker made from starch or animal skin and other ingredients that serve as flavouring. Most krupuk are deep fried, ...

'' (crackers) are an integral part of Indonesian cuisine. ''Kripik'' commonly are made from dried slices of roots and tubers. The most popular are '' kripik singkong'' (

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crackers) and ''kripik pisang'' (

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); other types of fruit, yam or tuber crackers are also available.

Kripik and krupuk

''Kripik'' is closely related to ''

'' since it is popularly considered as a smaller sized ''krupuk''. In Indonesia, the term ''krupuk'' refers to a type of relatively large crackers, while ''kripik'' or ''keripik'' refers to smaller bite-size crackers; the counterpart of chips (or crisps) in western cuisine. For example,

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are called ''kripik kentang'' in Indonesia. Usually ''krupuk'' are made from a dried paste consisting of a mixture of starch and other ingredients, while ''kripik'' are usually made entirely from a thinly sliced, sun-dried, and then deep-fried product without any mixture of starch.

Variants

Almost all type of fruits, nuts, tubers and plant products can be made into ''kripik''. Other types of ''kripik'' can be coated with batter and deep fried until crispy and dry. In Indonesia, the latest popular snack is extra hot and spicy ''kripik''. * Emping is a type of ''kripik'' made from the ''melinjo'' ('' Gnetum gnemon'') nut. * '' Kripik apel'', made from dried apple, originally produced in Malang,

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* ''Kripik bayam'', made from spinach * ''Kripik belut'', made from battered and deep-fried

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* ''Kripik ceker'', made from deep-fried boneless

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* ''Kripik durian'', from

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* ''Kripik gadung'', made from ''gadung'' yam (''

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'') * ''Kripik jamur'', made from mushrooms * '' Kripik kentang'', made from potatoes * ''Kripik nangka'', made from jackfruit * ''Kripik oncom'', made from ''

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'', similar to kripik tempeh but has slightly bitter taste * '' Kripik pisang'', made from dried banana * ''Kripik salak'', made from snake fruit * '' Kripik sanjay'' or ''kripik singkong balado'', thin crispy cassava coated with chili pepper and sugara popular snack from

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* '' Kripik singkong'', made of

. A spicy variant is available in Bandung,

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, commonly called by its brand name ''maicih''. * ''Kripik sukun'', made from breadfruit * ''Kripik talas'', made from

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* ''Kripik tempe'', made by deep-frying batter coated

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* ''Keripik teripang'', made from dried sea cucumbers * ''Kripik ubi'', made from sweet potatoes * ''Kripik walang'' or ''kripik belalang'', made from grasshoppers

Product

''Kripik'' are traditionally made by a small-scale home industry. However, just like the potato chip industry in the western counterpart, in Indonesia today it is common to encounter mass-produced packed ''kripik'' snacks in '' warung'' shops, minimarkets and supermarkets. Some brands have mass-produced certain variants of ''kripik'' chips. In Indonesia, ''kripiks'' are often sold as ''oleh-oleh'' or food gift to be brought home after travel. Certain areas has developed their specialty ''kripiks'' which depend on locally available ingredients and recipes. For example,

Lampung Lampung ( Lampung: ), officially the Province of Lampung ( id, Provinsi Lampung) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and ...

is well known for its banana ''kripiks'', Malang in East Java for its fruit-based ''kripiks'', including apple and jackfruit ''kripiks'', while Bandung is well known for its tempeh, oncom, tubers and sweet potato-based ''kripiks''.

city in West Sumatra on the other hand, is famous for its ''

Keripik sanjay Keripik sanjai or keripik sanjay ( Jawi: كاروڤواق سنجاي; Minangkabau: ''karupuak sanjai'') is a Minangkabau cassava kripik or chips from Bukittinggi city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It made from thinly sliced cassava deep fried in am ...

'', a hot and spicy cassava chips coated with '' balado'' chili sauce. the latest trend in Indonesia's ''kripik'' industry is extra hot ''kripiks'' with ample

, which started with ''Keripik Pedas Maicih'' (Maicih spicy crackers) in Bandung in 2010. It is a bag of fiery hot cassava chips offered in different levels of spiciness. Subsequently, the popularity of extra hot ''kripik'' ' swept across nation.

Gallery

File:Keripik pisang Lampung.JPG, Banana ''kripik'' File:Keripik pisang kepok.JPG, ''Kepok'' banana ''kripik'' File:Keripik gadung.jpg, ''Gadung'' (''Dioscorea hispida'') ''kripik'' File:Keripik ubi jalar.JPG, Sweet potato ''kripik'' File:Keripik singkong balado cassava chips.JPG, Kripik sanjai, cassava-chili ''kripik'' File:Keripik Durian Medan.JPG, Durian ''kripik'' File:Keripik tempe Lombok.JPG,

Tempeh Tempeh or tempe (; jv, ꦠꦺꦩ꧀ꦥꦺ, témpé, ) is a traditional Indonesian food made from fermented soybeans. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form. A fungus, '' Rhiz ...

''kripik'' File:Keripik oncom.JPG,

Oncom Oncom ( Aksara Sunda: ; IPA: ) is one of the traditional staple foods of West Java ( Sundanese) cuisine of Indonesia. There are two kinds of oncom: red oncom and black oncom. Oncom is closely related to tempeh; both are foods fermented using mold. ...

''kripik'' File:Keripik bayam.JPG, Spinach ''kripik'' File:Chicken feet snack.jpg,

Chicken feet Chicken feet are cooked and eaten in many countries. After an outer layer of hard skin is removed, most of the edible Tissue (biology), tissue on the feet consists of skin and tendons, with no muscle. This gives the feet a distinct texture di ...

''kripik'' File:Keripik teripang 2.JPG, ''Keripik teripang'', sea cucumber ''kripik'' File:Keripik_Ikan_Beledang_-_IMG_20220211_133740_620.jpg, Largehead hairtail fish ''kripik''

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