Crispy and delicious Chilli, Garlic and Lime Mogo/Cassava Chips are prepared in the air fryer. This vegan recipe requires just a small amount of oil but packs plenty of flavour. This is an easy cassava or yucca recipe that you are going to love!
Chilli Garlic and Lime Mogo
Mogo or cassava is flavoured with red chilli powder, garlic and lime juice and air-fried to perfection. The result is crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy in the middle mogo that soothes my love for East-African Indian food.
Mogo is boiled in flavoured water before it is tossed in a finger licking chilli, garlic and lime oil and air-fried. Maximum flavour for maximum results!
What is an Airfryer?
An air fryer is a countertop electric kitchen appliance that cooks food by circulating hot air around it at high speed, which produces crispy food in a fraction of the time it would take in a regular oven. Food cooked in an air fryer is healthy because you only need a small amount of oil without compromising on its taste. The best part is that air fried food gets crispy mirroring the effects of deep frying!
As soon we owned an air fryer this recipe was one of the first on the menu! I absolutely love mogo recipes and these are some of my favourites:
Farali Mogo / Cassava and Peanut Bhaji-stir fry
Usually, mogo chips (a thicker version of fries) are prepared by deep frying plain boiled cassava chips. The crispy chips are then served hot with tamarind chutney or with a sprinkle of red chilli powder and salt.
These mogo chips are a huge air fryer win. An excellent balance of spicy and tangy flavours, these nice crispy chips get a nice flavour from garlic, chilli and lime. They make a deliciously healthy snack anytime. And the best part, no one in the house could tell these were air fried!
Whip up these delicious cassava chips/fries in your air fryer. Making mogo chips in the air fryer is far better healthier than deep frying, less fat and calories, without sacrificing taste.
Make sure you make plenty as you’ll see vanishing them so quickly!
Chilli Garlic Mogo Chips Ingredients
- Mogo – mogo is also known as cassava or yuca. It is available in fresh and frozen forms. I have used frozen mogo because it is already prepared into chips or chunks.
- Chilli – you will need red chilli powder and chilli flakes. If you only have one or the other then that is fine
- Garlic – I have used garlic powder which are much simpler to work You can also use garlic granules. You could use pounded fresh garlic.
- Lime – you need the zest and juice of a lime. Use lemon as an alternative
- Oil – oil is needed when boiling the mogo and also for air frying. I have used olive oil
- Turmeric powder – (optional) to give a yellow hue to the mogo.
How to make Garlic Lime and Chilli Mogo without frying
Fill the big pan with water, add turmeric powder, salt, oil, garlic powder and lime juice.
Bring it to boil, add mogo chips ( I used frozen )
Boil the chips until tender.
Discard the water and let the chips cool for 10-12 minutes.
If chips are too big cut them into smaller and thinner.
Stir together a teaspoon of oil, red chilli powder, dried red chilli flakes, garlic powder, lime zest and juice and salt.
Mix everything, add boiled mogo chips and combine everything, make sure all the chips are coated with the masala mix.
Preheat the air fryer at 205C for 5 minutes.
Place mogo chips in a single layer in the basket and cook 205C for 12 minutes. Shake chips over halfway through cooking.
If you do not own an air-fryer, you can bake the mogo instead.
Bake in the centre of a preheated oven at 200C for 15 minutes.
Chilli, Garlic and Lime Mogo Chips
ingredients
- 500g mogo chips
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 TBSP. lime juice
- 1/2 tsp. oil
- 2 ltr. water
- 1 tsp. red chilli powder
- Pinch dried chilli flakes
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp. lime juice
- 1/2 tsp. lime zest
- 1 tsp. oil
- Finely chopped coriander leaves
- Lime wedges
- Tomato ketchup or similar sauce
instructions
- In a big pan add water and all the mentioned ingredients except mogo chips.
- Bring it to boil.
- Add mogo chips and boil till done. ( It will take 8-10 minutes )
- Drain the water and let the mogo chips cool for 7-8 minutes.
- Stir in all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Add cooled mogo chips and mix.
- Make sure all the chips are well coated.
- Place chips in the air fryers basket.
- Preheat the cosori air fryer for 5 minutes on 205C.
- Once the fryer is ready, put chips in the basket and cook it on press the preset function ‘Root Vegetables’
- The machine will automatically set the time and temperature.
- It will be on 205C for 12 minutes.
- The SHAKE reminder will come halfway through cooking.
- Shake the basket for even cooking and again start cooking the chips.
- Once done, remove the chips.
- Serve HOT on a serving plate, garnish it with coriander and serve with lime wedges and sauce.
- Enjoy!
NOTES:
Don't have lime juice? use lemon juice instead.
These mogo chips are all time favourite and making it in air fryer is always welcome.
Thanks jayashree! It's our favourite too 🙂
Totally love that spicy and delicious chips! This is a lovely way of tapioca. I do have an air fryer and I am so tempted to try these for the family…
Thanks Rafeeda! Hope you guys enjoy it too.
Well this is a new one for me. I have never heard of MOGO chips. I will have to look at the international market next time I am there. Sounds delicious to me. Love ALL the spices happening here.
Thanks Gloria! I hope you find it.
Lovely shot Jagruti and the chips look so tempting. Glad you have found a fryer that you love. Delcious!
I have never heard or tried mogo chips before. The chips made in airfryer look so inviting.
Nevr tried mogo chips before but I guess I should look into those now.The pictures are really beautiful Jagruti, I just keep scrolling up and down.
These chips sound so amazing! And just looking at the ingredients, they HAVE to be bursting with flavor! YUM!
I love my air fyer and these chips sound so good! Can't wait to make them!
These chips sound and look delicious! And that air fryer looks amazing! I love how tidy it is. We recently tried air fryer fries in a restaurant and I have to admit they weren't great. However, your fries have changed my mind, they look so much better!
I love how crispy, crunchy these look, especially considering they're not deep fried! The air-fryer is such a great little invention. I'm loving all of the flavours in this too – I need to hunt down some mogo chips!
I love all these spices and the texture of these sounds divine! Definitely one to remember if I ever get my mitts on an air fryer!
Unfortunately, I don't have an air fryer. Do you think these chips can be made in a frypan and shallow fried? Might not be so healthy but still shallow frying them would not be so bad, I should guess.
Air fryer is next on my list of kitchen gadgets! These look so tasty and crisp, what a great way to have a treat with less guilt!
I am in the market for an air fryer. You have me ordering this one tonight from Amazon! The mogo chips are amazing. i love that you get the fried feeling without those calories!
Oh my….how gorgeous those mogo chips looks! Air fryer is really a boom! Chips made in air fryer looks so inviting!
Wow these mogo chips look delicious! Loving the flavours you have put together in here. I need to get an air fryer asap! Pinning to try it once I do.
These look so crispy! I haven't tried an Air Fryer yet but I keep coming across all of these amazing recipes – I am going to have to jump on board soon.
I don’t have an air fryer. So would I just deep fry the chips and then add the masala?
Yes 🙂