Honey Chili
Potato!
Preparation time: 15 to 20 mins| Cooking time: 30 minutesCourse: Sides| Cuisine: Indo Chinese
Ingredients:
For potato fries:
Potatoes- 4
Salt- 2tsp
Water- to
boil the potatoes
For dry coating:
Corn flour-
1 tblsp
Rice flour-
1 tblsp
Pepper- 1
tsp
For wet coating:
Corn flour-
2 tblsp
Rice flour-
2 tblsp
Salt- as
needed
Water- to make
a thick paste
Oil- to fry
the potatoes
For sauce:
Sesame seeds-
2 tblsp
Garlic- 4
to 5 cloves (finely chopped)
Green chili-
1
Onion- 1 (sliced)
Capsicum- ½
(sliced)
Soya sauce-
1 tsp
Red/green
chili sauce- 1 tblsp
Tomato sauce-
1 tblsp
Spring onion-
½ cup (finely chopped)
Honey- 2
tblsp
Salt- as
needed
Oil- 2 to 3
tblsp
For slurry:
Corn flour-
1 tsp
Water- 2 to
3 tblsp
Method:
1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into
long strips, similar to French fries.
2. Add the potato strips to a big pan
and add salt. Add water and let it boil for five minutes over medium flame. Strain
the water and transfer the potato strips to a plate.
3. Add one tblsp of corn flour, one
tblsp of rice flour and pepper powder to the strips and coat it well. This is
dry coating.
4. For wet coating, make a paste of 2
tblps of corn flour, 2 tblsp of rice flour and water. Make sure the batter is
of idly batter consistency. Apply the wet coating over the potato strips.
5. Heat oil in a kadai and fry the
potato strips over medium flame. Fry them in batches and make sure that they
are fried till golden brown. Remove and keep aside.
6. Dry roast a tblsp of sesame seeds in
a kadai over low flame. Once they start popping, remove from flame and keep it
aside.
7. Heat oil a large kadai. Add garlic,
the remaining 1 tblsp of raw sesame seeds and green chili and fry on high flame
for a minute.
8. Next add sliced onion and capsicum
and fry over high flame for a minute.
9. Now add salt, soya sauce, red or
green chili sauce and cook for a minute on high flame.
10. Add tomato sauce and mix well. Add ¼
cup water and bring it boil.
11. In a small vessel add 1 tsp of corn
flour and 2 to 3 tblsp of water and make a slurry.
12. Add this slurry to the kadai, little
by little. Cook for a minute or until the sauce thickens.
13. Switch off flame. Add honey and
spring onion and give it a mix.
14. Finally add the fried potato strips
and mix gently until the sauce coats well on the strips.
15. Garnish with dry roasted sesame
seeds.
Notes:
·
Wet
coating is optional but highly recommended. It gives extra crispiness to the potato
strips.
·
Don’t
miss garnishing with the dry roasted sesame seeds. It adds to the crunch
factor.
·
Increase
spice levels according to your preference.
Step by step pictures
peal the skin and wash and clean the potatoes
cut them into long strips
add the potato strips to a large vessel
add salt and water and let it boil over
low flame for 5 minutes
switch off flame
remove the potato strips from water
and transfer to a plate.
add rice flour, corn flour and pepper powder
mix and coat them on the potato strips
now make a thick batter of corn flour,
rice flour, salt and water.
apply the thick batter on the potato strips
heat oil in a kadai
deep fry the strips over medium flame
until it turns golden in colour
potato strips ready
keep aside
dry roast a tblsp of sesame seeds
until it starts popping. keep aside
heat oil in a large kadai
add finely chopped garlic, raw sesame
seeds and slit green chili.
fry on high flame for a minute
now add sliced onion and capsicum
fry on high flame for a minute
add salt, soya sauce, red chili sauce
and mix well. fry for a minute
now add tomato sauce and mix well
add 1/4 cup of water and let it boil
make a slurry of corn flour and water
add it little by little to the kadai
mix well and let it cook for a minute
switch off flame.
add spring onion and
2 tblsp of honey and mix well
finally add the fried potatoes and mix well
so that the sauce coats well on the potato strips
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