Tezzbuzz Desk- If you are hungry in the evening or craving to eat something spicy, chilli potato is a great option. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, the potato with spicy sauce and crunchy vegetables makes it special. If you also want to make market-like chilli potatoes at home, then definitely try this easy recipe.
Chilli Potato is an Indo-Chinese dish which is liked by almost everyone, whether children or adults. However, there are many questions in the mind regarding the cleanliness of the chili potatoes available outside and the ingredients used. In such a situation, making it at home can be a better option. The good thing is that it does not require much material or hard work to make it.
Ingredients to make Chilli Potato
- 2 medium size potatoes
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- 1 onion
- 1 capsicum
- 1 carrot
- 2 green chillies
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 5-6 tbsp schezwan sauce
- 1½ tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp black pepper powder
- salt as per taste
- oil as per requirement
Prepare Crispy Chilli Potatoes like this
- First of all, peel, wash the potatoes and cut them into thin long pieces. Wash the cut potatoes thoroughly once again with clean water. After this, keep them aside for some time, so that the excess water gets removed.
- Now put the potatoes in a bowl and add corn flour to it. Make sure that a light and uniform layer of corn flour sticks well to all the potato pieces.
- After this, heat oil in the pan. When the oil is hot, carefully add the potato pieces and fry on medium to high flame until they become golden and crispy. Take out the fried potatoes in a tissue lined plate.
- Now heat some oil in another pan. Add finely chopped green chillies and fry for a few seconds. After this add onion, carrot and capsicum. Cook the vegetables while stirring on high flame, but do not soften them completely. The slight crunch further enhances the taste of chilli potato.
- Now add ginger-garlic paste to it and mix well. After this add Schezwan sauce, tomato ketchup, white vinegar, black pepper and salt as per taste. Mix everything well on high flame, so that the sauce coats the vegetables well.
- Finally add fried crispy potatoes and toss well on high flame. Keep in mind that do not cook the potatoes in the sauce for too long, otherwise their crispiness may reduce.
Follow these tips to enhance taste
To make chilli potatoes more crispy, it is important to dry them thoroughly after cutting the potatoes. While frying, do not put too many potatoes in the pan at once. This may reduce the temperature of the oil and the potatoes will remain soft instead of crunchy.
If you like more spicy taste then you can increase the quantity of Schezwan sauce and green chillies. Whereas for children it can be kept less spicy. So next time you feel like eating something spicy and crispy in the evening, instead of going to the market, try this easy chilli potato recipe at home and get the restaurant-like taste.