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                    a few minutes. After about 15                Then heat the oil again and drop the
                    minutes, remove the slices from the          slices again in the oil. Stir them and
                    water and leave them to dry on a             toss them occasionally for the first
                    clean kitchen towel or paper napkins.        time. This will gives extra crispness to
                    Drain the potatoes and spread them           the chips. When the width of your
                    on the paper towel. Make sure that           slices is large this second time frying

                    keep an equal distance between the           will adds extra taste to it. It will
                    slices. Pat dry with paper towels and        become soft in the inner and achieves
                    chill 15 minutes. This will absorbs the      that signature crisp exterior. Before
                    excess water content in the slices. If       adding the next batch for frying wait
                    you didn't remove the water content          for a few minutes, make sure that the
                    your chips wouldn't be crispier. Then        oil is back hot again. And immediately
                    pour oil to a depth of your choice           sprinkle the chips with chives and

                    into a large pan and heat it. You can        desired amount of kosher salt and
                    use groundnut oil or any oil of your         toss it up. It is typically served as
                    choice. Make sure that the oil is            party snacks for kids, appetizers, and
                    enough hot to fry the potato slices by       even some time as a side dish for
                    dropping a piece of the slice in the oil.    many foods. You can add only salt or
                    As the piece bounces back to the             salt added with chili powder
                    surface, then it is sure that your oil is    according to your wish. You can eat
                    ready to fry the potato slices. Once         this with tomato sauce and fresh
                    the oil is hot, reduce the flame to          cream.

                    medium-low and drop a batch of the
                    potato slices. It has to be noted that
                    you should not add the wet slices into
                    the hot oil. Dry them off completely
                    before adding to hot oil. Dry well for
                    safety's sake. Fry potatoes in batches,
                    stirring and tossing occasionally until

                    it turns slightly to a golden brown and
                    or of crisp. Do not brown them and
                    then the whole taste of the recipe will
                    be spoiled. Remove the chips from
                    the oil and drain off the excess oil.
                    Drain on the paper towel. Keep them
                    covered and at room temperature
                    until needed. Once the whole spices
                    are fried put them in a large bowl.




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