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''Kripik'' or ''keripik'' are Indonesian Chip (snack type), chips 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 vegetable oil. They can be lightly seasoned with salt, or spiced with chili powder and sugar. Together with ''krupuk'', the etymology of the term ''kripik'' is believed as an onomatopoeia in Indonesian language, Indonesian to describe the crunch sound of this crispy snack. ''Kripik'' (chips) and ''krupuk'' (crackers) are an integral part of Indonesian cuisine. ''Kripik'' commonly are made from dried slices of roots and tubers. The most popular are ''tapioca chips, kripik singkong'' (cassava crackers) and ''kripik pisang'' (Banana chips); other types of fruit, yam or tuber crackers are also available.


Kripik and krupuk

''Kripik'' is closely related to ''krupuk'' 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, potato chips 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 (cooking), 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. * ''Apple chips, Kripik apel'', made from dried apple, originally produced in Malang, East Java * ''Kripik bayam'', made from spinach * ''Kripik belut'', made from battered and deep-fried eel * ''Kripik ceker'', made from deep-fried boneless chicken feet * ''Kripik durian'', from Medan * ''Kripik gadung'', made from ''gadung'' Yam (vegetable), yam (''Dioscorea hispida'') * ''Kripik jamur'', made from mushrooms * ''Potato chip, Kripik kentang'', made from potatoes * ''Kripik nangka'', made from jackfruit * ''Kripik oncom'', made from ''oncom'', similar to kripik tempeh but has slightly bitter taste * ''Banana chips, Kripik pisang'', made from dried banana * ''Kripik salak'', made from salak, snake fruit * ''Keripik sanjay, Kripik sanjay'' or ''kripik singkong balado (food), balado'', thin crispy cassava coated with chili pepper and sugara popular snack from Bukittinggi, West Sumatra * ''Kripik singkong'', made of cassava. A spicy variant is available in Bandung, West Java, commonly called by its brand name ''maicih''. * ''Kripik sukun'', made from breadfruit * ''Kripik talas'', made from taro * ''Kripik tempe'', made by deep-frying batter coated tempeh * ''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 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''. Bukittinggi city in West Sumatra on the other hand, is famous for its ''Keripik sanjay'', a hot and spicy cassava chips coated with ''Balado (food), balado'' chili sauce. the latest trend in Indonesia's ''kripik'' industry is extra hot ''kripiks'' with ample chili powder, 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 chips, 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 ''kripik'' File:Keripik oncom.JPG, Oncom ''kripik'' File:Keripik bayam.JPG, Spinach ''kripik'' File:Chicken feet snack.jpg, Chicken feet ''kripik'' File:Keripik teripang 2.JPG, ''Keripik teripang'', sea cucumber ''kripik'' File:Keripik_Ikan_Beledang_-_IMG_20220211_133740_620.jpg, Largehead hairtail fish ''kripik''


See also

* Kabkab * Kiping * Banana chips * Potato chips * Tempura


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{{Indonesian cuisine Indonesian snack foods Deep fried foods Vegetarian dishes of Indonesia Cassava dishes