Honey Chilli Potatoes is an Indo-Chinese dish where deep fried potato fingers are tossed in honey and chilli sauce. It can be served as an appetizer or starter with a drink or as a side dish to fried rice or noodles. These are quite popular in Indian restaurants. But mostly they add MSG or Ajinomotto to the dish which is harmful for health. So why not prepare it at home without adding these?
You can always make crunchy potatoes and they will not be soggy. First things first. One should always slice the potatoes in uniform fingers. Choose big potatoes for getting the desired result. There are two methods to make crunchy potatoes. One is to deep fry at a go. The other is to double fry, where in the potatoes are fried half way through at first, removed from oil and again fried in high heat. This will enable the fingers to not soak in too much of oil.
I love to binge eat. Not only in front of the television. But also when I work or blog. It isn’t good, I know. But there are days when I indulge in some. Today was one such day and that’s how this picture came up, with my Rangroute journal, some post-its and my favorite key-chain. Meanwhile, you can check out with Rangroute for some fabulous handicrafts from India. They will definitely brighten up your day.
Recipe for Honey Chilli Potatoes:
Ingredients
- Potatoes - 2 large , sliced into fingers/wedges
- Garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
- Corn flour - 3 tbsp
- Salt - to taste
- Oil - for deep frying
- Garlic - finely chopped, 2 tbsp
- Spring onion - greens and whites, 2 tbsp each
- Dry red chilli flakes - 2tbsp
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Honey 2-1/2 tablespoons
- Red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Combine the potatoes, garlic paste, chilli powder, cornflour and salt in a deep bowl and toss gently.
- Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, and deep-fry a few potato fingers at time till they turn crisp and golden brown in colour from all the sides. Drain on an absorbent paper.
- In a wide pan, heat a tbsp of oil and add garlic and spring onion greens. Saute.
- Add chilli flakes, vinegar and sauce. Mix well. Cook for about a minute.
- Add honey and spring onion greens.
- Remove from heat and add the fried potato fingers. Toss gently.
- Serve hot.
Notes
You can add tomato sauce instead of red chilli sauce for a tangier version.
Honey Chilli Potatoes with sesame are also another popular snack. To make some, all you have to do is, add in a fine dose of sesame seeds in the end for that extra crunch.
You can also try out other similar recipes: Honey Sesame Chicken, Honey Ginger Glazed Chicken Drumsticks, Honey Glazed Bananas
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Written for Day 5 of #NaBloPoMo by BlogHer
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Menaka Bharathi says
November 7, 2016 at 1:42 pmYou are making Me hungry Shalzz!! potato and honey wonderful combination that! will try to prepare without tasting it, I have a problem with potato but still cant resist it..
suman kher says
November 5, 2016 at 3:04 pmYUM-MY!! I’m down with fever and looking at these pictures makes me want to eat it all! 🙂
Kala Ravi says
November 5, 2016 at 9:59 amThis is so mouth-watering! My family loves this dish and we always order this one at Soy Street! Now I can try this out at home. One doubt, won’t the honey make the potatoes go soggy? Thanks for this lovely recipe Shalzz!
Ramya says
November 5, 2016 at 3:36 amThe photo seems really tempting, but haven’t tried any deep fried food recently (became health conscious :p) . Thanks for sharing the recipe.
SHILPA GARG says
November 5, 2016 at 12:23 amThis looks absolutely yum. I want to eat this right now!!