FRENCH FRIES

 FRENCH FRIES:

                   French Fries, which is a favorite dish for most of us and one of the best snack. Basically french fries can be enjoyed with different kinds of cheese, herbs and spices. And best enjoyed with tomato ketchup.

                     

             

           Origin of French Fries is some what interesting,  you know most of the people thought it was from French Cuisine, which was not. Basically, French Fries are originated in the Beligum, local framers eat these potato fries most while going for fishing in Belgium, during World War I British soldiers ate these fries and  named the dish as 'French Fries' because in Belgium most of the people speak French. 

                Here I provided the preparation of French Fries and give it a try for yourself.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 2 (prefer large ones)
• Oil for deep frying
• Salt to taste
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Preparation:

1. Firstly, tae 2 large potatoes and peel the skin and rinse in water.
2. Then cut them into sticks with 1/2 inch thick and soak them in cold water for at least an hour or two. ( soaking in cold water removes starch from potatoes).
3. After an hour, rinse them twice with cold water.
4. Then boil water in a vessel and add salt to it and when water comes to boil, add potatoes into it and cook for 5 minutes and remove them and place on a paper towel and dry them with paper towels by tapping them.
5. Now, transfer them to a plate and refrigerate them for another hour.
6. After an hour, remove the potatoes from freezer and heat oil in a heavy pot for deep frying. Cook the potatoes until soft in 2 to 3 batches for 4 to 5 minutes per batch on a medium flame.
7. Remove each batch and drain on paper towels (here potatoes shouldn't be brown  at this point).
8. We need to double fry them, which removes moisture from the potatoes and made them crisp.
9. Again turn up the heat, when the oil is hot, start frying the potatoes in batches again on high flame until golden and crisp.
10. Remove the potatoes from the oil and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle some Salt , Red chilli powder and pepper on top of it and serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Tips:

• Generally French Fries are prepared by using Russet potatoes which are less in starch content ( which are hard to get these potatoes so I am using regular potatoes).
• Soaking in cold water removes the starch from potatoes.
• Double frying the potatoes helps to remove extra moisture from them and made them crunchy on outside and soft or crisp inside.
• Refrigerate the potatoes as long as possible (Longer = more crisp).