Here today I am sharing with you all my new favorite snack.This again comes from one of my favorite cook book of Mallika Badrinath's 100 mixture varieties.I felt it has been long since I prepared something to munch along with coffee,so intending to prepare something new that I haven't tried before,I was flipping over my recipe collection and this potato sev caught my attention.Potatoes make anything tasty and if it deep fried too then ought to be a winner recipe right.Yeah it indeed was :)The batch I prepared got over in a jiffy,it was great to have with coffee,but it is not limited to that.Here is the recipe and few ideas to use this sev at the end of the recipe.Read/try out and let me know how you liked it :)
Potato sev recipe
Star ingredients:Potato and gram flour
Time:30 minutes
Yield:2 cups
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup gram flour
2 medium sized potatoes
3 tablespoons hot oil
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon carom seeds/cumin seeds(any one)
1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
Salt
Oil for deep frying
Method:
1.Wash and dry thoroughly the muruku achu(chakkli press,the one with thin holes).Apply some oil and keep aside.
2.Boil,peel and mash the potatoes very well with out any lumps.
3.Take all the ingredients expect oil for deep frying in a wide bowl and knead to a soft dough.
4.Sprinkle water only if needed.Moisture in potato is enough.Heat oil for deep frying in the mean while.
5.Take a small orange sized portion and put it in the press,and press into the hot oil in circular motion.
6.Deep fry from both sides till golden brown.
7.Serve or allow to cool thoroughly before storing air tight.
Notes:
1.Not only this is good tea time snack,this also forms an excellent base for many chaat like sev puri,dhahi puri etc.
2.You can also mix some tomatoes,onion,cilantro leaves with this ad mix some lime juice for a lovely snack.
3.Deep fry in medium flame to ensure uniform cooking.
4.You can mix some pepper ans amchur powder after frying instead of asafoetida.