Less Oil Fry:

Preparations:

Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into cubes with a knife. Take the potato pieces into a bowl and wash them thoroughly. Washing the potatoes will remove the excess starch. Wash till the water in which potatoes are washed comes out clear. Take a microwave safe bowl and add the washed potato pieces. Add 20ml water and place this bowl in over. Cover the bowl partially and cook on high power for 5 minutes. Observe that the potato pieces are JUST cooked. Do not overcook the potato pieces—they have to retain the shape without becoming mushy. Drain the cooked potato pieces into a colander.

Method:

Heat a non stick pan and add oil to it. When oil is hot add cumin seeds and fry till they splutter. Add the cooked potato pieces and add salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and cook covered for 5 minutes on medium heat. Remove the lid and add red chili powder. Mix well and cook on medium heat stirring in between. Fry till the potato pieces are crisp. Serve hot with plain rice.

Points to Notice:

Potatoes contain lot of starch. For potato fry, removing the starch is very important. Potato pieces when fried (without removing the starch) change color to red fast without being crisp. This is because of the starch. So remove the starch by changing water and washing. When the water is clear and potato pieces immersed in water are clearly visible, that indicates there isn’t much starch in the potatoes.

Cut vegetables into even sized pieces—then the pieces will be fried evenly till crisp.

Cook the potato pieces in micro wave oven till they are JUST cooked. Over cooked potatoes become mushy when fried in less oil.

In less oil cooking method, cover & cook the potato pieces on medium flame after adding salt. The moisture released