Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Potato Fry in 5 minutes For Dummies

Last weekend I had a friend visiting me . Quickly flashed a thought in me to prepare Something good for her. Being dismissive to spend much time in kitchen I started to fish out for a recipe which can be cooked faster and tastier.

Hunting through my groceries I found this pack of potatoes. I realized that it had been long since I had tasted a potato fry believe me it had been nearly 6 months :(
So decided to prepare it as it goes well with rotis or rice. But the time I had to spend in frying it brought me to reality !

It was then did I think why not I use Microwave to make my job simpler. Patting myself for idea (!!!), I ventured into the task. Tuned to a strategy in developing prototype before starting a new project, I did my experiment with 1 potato ;)

Here goes the method to prepare crispy potato fry in 5 minutes

1. Slice/Dice the potatoes into thinner pieces.This would help them to get cooked faster.
2. Spread them in a Microwaveable plate and microwave them for 2 minutes.
3. Take a kadai and heat 1 tbsp of oil.(Can be varied according to taste. I prefer less oil).
4. Once the Oil heats up add channa dhal,urad dhal, dried red chilles,jeera and mustard for tadka.
5. After the mustard splutters, add a pinch of chilly powder and salt to it.
6. Later add the potato cubes and mix them well.
7. Leave it for sometime until potatoes get fried well.
8. Serve it with hot rotis or Sāmbhar and rice like a typical South Indian :P

P.S: Got few tips from amma
1.To make it further tasty, add a pinch of Besan Flour(Can be done for any fry especially for Brinjal)
2.Do not add water when you microwave it. It becomes softer and you will loose crispiness.

16 comments:

  1. Divya said...

    Yummy:))

    so simple & quick to cook,
    thanks for sharing Ramya!!

    [u must hv posted the pic of ur dish :)))]

  2. Divya said...

    \\2. Spread them in a Microwaveable plate and microwave them for 2 minutes.\\

    no need to sprinkle water huh??

    Nice:))

  3. Ramya Ramani said...

    Divya,
    It really turned out well.Guess u will love it.Was so happy to cook it so soon that only after finishing it did I realise that I missed to take a snap :P.

    \\no need to sprinkle water huh\\
    Actually potatoes change color if you keep chopping them so I use to put them in a bowl of water after I start dicing them.So even after filtering out the water, you tend to have some moisture in it.

  4. ஜி said...

    Cool... I did the same thing on saturday.... But I didn't microwave it.. directly fried it... :)))

  5. Sanjai Gandhi said...

    Nice post for....

















































































































































































    .....BAR OWNERS..... :P
    INSTANT SIDEDISH nu title vachirukalam...
    .... jus kidin... very nice... note panni vachikiren..:)ungaluku ithellam kooda theriuma Rams?

  6. Sanjai Gandhi said...

    //Serve it with hot rotis or Sāmbhar and rice like a typical South Indian :P//

    THAPPU THAPPU.... SERVE IT WITH SOMETHING SOMETHING... THE SOMETHING MIGHT BE ANYTHING... NAN ROMBA NALLA PAYYAN PA :P

  7. priyamanaval said...

    ahaa potato fry ku ivalavu azhagana post... padikum bodhey veetula poi pannanumnu thonudhu... erkanave therinja recepie aa irrundhalum your description made it feel more yummyyyy... :)...

  8. மே. இசக்கிமுத்து said...

    நாக்கில் எச்சு ஊர வைத்துவிட்டீர்கள்!!!

  9. தமிழன்-கறுப்பி... said...

    ahah...
    here one more engilsh chef:)

    thanks to shre with us Ramya

  10. தமிழன்-கறுப்பி... said...

    sanjai...said..

    //Serve it with hot rotis or Sāmbhar and rice like a typical South Indian :P//

    THAPPU THAPPU.... SERVE IT WITH SOMETHING SOMETHING... THE SOMETHING MIGHT BE ANYTHING... NAN ROMBA NALLA PAYYAN PA :P///

    Y...
    yyyyy....:)

    serve with black label bottle to sanjai...

  11. Ramya Ramani said...

    Geeya,
    Thanks for commenting :)! Oh should have taken considerable amount of time right?

    Sanjai,
    Adade nama recipe dhan kodukka mudiyum..usage ungala porduthadhu

    Priya,
    Great you liked it! Do try it simple and fast :)

    Isakimuthu,
    :)
    Thamizhan,
    English Chef ellam illengo..tamil script accessibility illa nethu avlo dhan.

  12. Vijay said...

    ஹாய் ரம்யா,
    உருளைக்கிழங்கு எல்லாம் சாப்பிடுவதற்கு வூட்டம்மா தடா போட்டிருக்காங்க. வேற ஏதாவது சத்தான பதார்த்தம் செய்ய கைவசம் ஏதாவது வச்சிரூந்திங்கன்னா நல்லா இருக்கும்.
    என் வலைத்தளம் வந்து ரெண்டு வரி கருத்து எழுதியதற்கும் மிக்க நன்றி.

    அன்புடன்,
    விஜய்

  13. Divya said...

    Ramya, did try out this reicie today.......it turned out really yummy,

    so ez & simple to cook in short time.

    thanks for sharing!

  14. Unknown said...

    Hey comeon .. 5 mins is an exaggeration :D ..
    My 2 cents ..
    yes potato fry is simpler than many dishes, except few like vendakka fry :). Microwaving will not give best crispiness .. so better to fry in the open
    Also, you can add besan if you have added more oil by mistake ..

    Eppdi enga cooking tipsu? :)

    Looks like you have posted a lot! Cool .. will surely visit regulary ...

    Smiles,
    Vinayak

  15. Anonymous said...

    யக்கோவ் போடா டூ ப்ரை பத்தி தமிழுல எழுதுனா நாமளும் வாசிப்போமில்லே. நமக்கும் இந்த மாரி அடக்குமொறை ரூல்சுக்கு எதிரா கெளம்பி போராட ஆச இருக்கூ யக்கோவ்.

    தமிழுலயும் பொரி மணக்க தர்வீங்களா?

  16. Ramya Ramani said...

    நன்றி அனானி . இனி எல்லாம் தமிழ் மயம் தான் :)