Banana chips are deep-fried or dried slices of bananas (fruits of herbaceous plants of the genus Musa of the soft, sweet "dessert banana" variety). They can be covered with sugar or honey and have a sweet taste, or they can be fried in oil and spices and have a salty or spicy taste. Banana chips are commonly found in India. Banana chips are made by deep-frying or drying banana slices. Dried banana chips,[contradictory] in turn, contain mostly all vitamins and minerals found in fresh banana fruits. -