French Fries

French fries are my absolute favorite,well I love potato and can literally live on that :), and yes deep frying can make anything taste good and if potato is deep fried it ought to be good right :).I have had french fries many a times,some places it used to be good and some places it will be very soggy not really like fries.As with any dish, I have been wanting to try this at home and was on constant look out for that perfect recipe.I finally found one here.My search ended there and now I can make good fries at home anytime.All you need is good firm potatoes,that's it,can it get simpler?. Yes though time consuming there is no complication in this recipe.When I first read I was not sure about frying the potatoes twice but frying twice indeed make a huge difference as I have tired french fries at home few years back.Compared to my first attempt these fries were good,just very good.Try it out to know what I mean.

French fries recipe
Star ingredients:Potatoes
Time:45 mins
Serves:3
Selecting the right potato is the key for great french fries.Big firm new potatoes with no green patch will yield tasty plum fries.You can cut slice the potatoes into 1/4 inch slices or fingers.A slicer or any other equipment is really not needed,a good knife is more than enough
Salt and seasoning:
It is absolutely your choice how you season your fries.It can be rally simple like salt and pepper to something exotic like rosemary,thyme etc.Here in this recipe I seasoned with salt and chilli powder,my favorite way of eating any chips :)
Ingredients:
3 large or 4 medium sized potatoes
A bowl of ice cold water to immerse potato fingers
Any neutral oil to deep fry
Salt
Chilli powder
Method:
1.Wash the potatoes well.If you are going to be using with skin,scrub the skin thoroughly.
2.Next cut the potatoes into big rounds vertically and slice into fingers.Immerse the slices in ice cold water for 15 minutes.Alternatively you can refrigerate the slices for 15 minutes soaked in water.
3.Heat oil for deep frying,not till smoking point heat for 5 minutes.Pat dry the potato slices and deep fry in low flame.At this point the potatoes will be cooked.Now keep the slices in a paper towel and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
4.Reheat the oil till smoking point and deep fry till golden at the edges in batches.
5.Serve hot.
Notes:
1.Keeping the slices in ice cold water helps in removing the starch and absorbs less oil
2.season according to your taste as I said before.
3.You can peel the potatoes too,but I like the small crusty outer when fried with peel
 Hot crispy fries,serve as such or as a side with sandwich