Sun-dried bananas are a type of food made by peeling
banana
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...
s and
drying
Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid. This process is often used as a final production step before selling or packaging products. To be consider ...
them in sunlight.
They are popular in
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
, where they are known as ''kluay-tak'' in
Thai, from ''klauy-tak-hang'' for "sun-dried banana". In the Bang Kra Tum district,
Phitsanulok
Phitsanulok (, ) is a city municipality in northern Thailand and the capital of Phitsanulok province. It had a city population of 60,827 and an urban population of approximately 200,000 in 2024, making it Thailand's 19th-most populous city p ...
province, ''kluay-tak'' is a popular
dessert
Dessert is a course (food), course that concludes a meal; the course consists of sweet foods, such as cake, biscuit, ice cream, and possibly a beverage, such as dessert wine or liqueur. Some cultures sweeten foods that are more commonly umami, ...
made with the local banana variety ''Mali-Ong'',
which is sweeter and softer than bananas from other geographic locations.
[Dave, K. (2013, March 31). Sun dried bananas in Phitsanulok. Message posted to http://www.destinationthailand.tv/thailand/sun-dried-bananas-phitsanulok] The resulting ''kluay-tak'' is fragrant, sweet, and soft textured.
See also
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Banana chip
A banana chip (sometimes called banana crisp) is a deep-fried or dried, generally crispy slice of banana. It is usually made from firmer, starchier banana varieties (" cooking bananas" or plantains) like the saba and Nendran cultivars. It ca ...
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List of banana dishes
This is a list of banana dishes and foods in which banana or Plantain (cooking), plantain is used as a primary ingredient. A banana is an edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa (genus), Musa ...
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Snack foods