PERI PERI FRENCH FRIES

 MAKE PERI PERI FRENCH FRIES AT HOME 💖

Prep time: 15-20 minutes Cooking time: 40-45 minutes (including resting time) Serves: 1-2 Peri peri spice mix Ingredients: • Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 tbsp • Spicy red chilli powder 1 tsp • Garlic powder 1 tsp • Onion powder 1 tsp • Dry mango powder 1 tsp • Black pepper powder ½ tsp • Oregano 1 tsp • Salt 1 tsp • Sugar 1 tsp Method: • In a mixer grinder jar, add all the peri peri spice mix ingredients & grind them well to make a fine powder, you can also add all the ingredients in a jar & mix them well by shaking the jar. Make sure to add powdered sugar if you're just mixing the spices in the jar • Your peri peri spice mix is ready. French fries Ingredients: • Potaotes as required • Vinegar 2 tsp • Salt as required • Black pepper powder a pinch • Peri peri mix as required

Method: • To make the French fries, peel the potatoes & keep them submerged in cold water, this will prevent them from oxidizing. • Now to shape them into French fries, you will need to cut both the top & bottom tips of the potato & place it vertically on your chopping board, trim all the four sides of the potato & then cut thick slices of it, they should be 1 cm thick, make sure you cut all the slices evenly. • Further lay down the thick slices & again cut 1 cm wide french fries, put them in ice cold water & rinse them thoroughly. • Once you have cut the french fries as required, set a stock pot & boil water in it, add the vinegar & salt to the boiling water. • Now add the french fries in the boiling water & blanch them for 10 minutes, keep stirring them in regular intervals using a spider so that they cook evenly. • After 10 minutes, take them out of the boiling & place them on a wire rack, if you don’t have wire rack then you can place them on a paper towel lined tray. • Let them rest for 10-15 minutes & meanwhile heat the oil in a kadhai to fry them later, heat the oil , if you don’t have a thermometer then heat it slightly more than you usually do for frying. • After the fries have rested & the oil reaches the right temperature, drop the fries carefully in hot oil & fry them for 45-60 seconds. • After you have fried them for 45-60 seconds, remove them from the hot oil using a spider & place them on a wire rack again & let them rest for 10-15 minutes. • After this first stage of frying, you can place them in a ziplock bag & freeze them to make instant fries in the future, they can easily last in the freezer for a couple of weeks. • Once the fries have rested, heat the oil again & drop the french fries in the hot oil, maintain the same temperature while frying them and just lower the flame after heating the oil really well & fry until they turn light golden brown & crispy.

• When the fries turn light golden brown & crispy, transfer them into a bowl using a spider and immediately sprinkle salt to taste & black pepper powder to taste & toss them well. • Your regular crispy french fries are ready.

• To make peri peri french fries,

transfer the fries into bowl after they turn light golden brown & crispy, then immediately sprinkle salt to taste & also sprinkle peri peri spice mix as required & toss them well. • Your peri peri french fries are ready!!!

ENJOY!!!

RECIPE BY ,

RITANSHA GUPTA!!!