No onion No garlic Baby Potatoes(Air fryer and Stove-Top)

Baby potatoes Fry - Nowadays I've started using less oil in my cooking. I try to saute mostly, for the recipes which involve deep frying, the air fryer comes to the rescue.   I simply cook the vegetable, toss them with the masala, put them in the basket add 1 or 2 tbsp of oil (yes that's all), and air fry for 15 or 20 minutes. Voila, the result is crispy baby potato which goes well with almost everything. 

The second method is the normal stove top method which involves using oil at regular intervals. Ok to the recipe now, 






What is required:

Baby potatoes: Rinse the potatoes in a wide-mouthed bowl filled with water and vinegar(optional). Wash them again in running water.

Flours: Besan or gram flour, rice flour, and cornflour(optional) is required. 

Spice powders: Organic turmeric powder, red chilli powder, and pink salt is used. I'm using the pro-nature brand.

Seeds and herbs are used in tempering.

Oils and fats: Cold pressed groundnut oil is used. Any oil can be used.

Accompaniment: Goes well with rasam rice, sambar rice, curd rice, dal rice, or even with roti and dal.

Equipment used: 3l pressure cooker, frying pan,  Philips air fryer.


Recipe:



Total time taken: cooking time + baking time: 1 hr

Ingredients with measurements:

Baby potatoes - 500 gm

Oil - 1 tbsp

Spice powders:

Salt - to taste

Red chilli powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Flours used:

Besan/gram flour - 2 tsp

Rice flour - 1 tsp

Corn flour - 1 tsp

To mix:

Water/ curd - 2 tbsp

Tempering:

Oli - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 ts po

Split urad dal - 1 tsp

Chana dal - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Hing - a pinch

Air-Fryer:

Directions:

1. Pressure cook and de-skin the potatoes.

2. Toss the potatoes with spice powders and flours.

3. Add a little curd or water to bind the masala with potatoes.

4. Marinate the potatoes for 15 minutes.

5. Transfer the potatoes to the air fryer basket.



6. Bake at 180° C for 20 minutes. Don't forget to toss the potatoes after 10 minutes.



7. Heat oil in a kadai, and add the 'tempering' ingredients.

8. Saute the baked potatoes for a minute and serve.



Stove -Top:

Directions:

1. Marinate the cooked potatoes with flour and spice powders for 15 minutes.

2. Heat oil in the frying pan, and add all the ingredients required for 'Tempering'.

3. Add the marinated potatoes, saute and cover the pan with the lid.

4. After 3 minutes, open the lid add a tbsp of oil if necessary, toss the potatoes and cover the pan with the lid.

5. Keeping the flame low, Repeat step 4, at regular intervals, till the potatoes become crispy.


Note:

It is essential to keep the flame low while roasting the potatoes in the stove-top method.

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