Aloo Fry Recipe | Easy Potato Fry

This aloo fry recipe is the most frequently prepared one in my kitchen. I make it at least once in a week for my kid’s lunch box, as they like to have their side dish plain without onions or tomatoes. As per the name ‘Easy potato fry’, it’s really a very simple veggie that can be prepared in a jiffy. It goes very well with sambar, rasam, curd rice and we can even use it as a filling in chapati too. I have added a twist to a regular one and used besan flour for extra coating and crispiness. This simple potato fry is with step by step pics and a short YouTube video. If you like my video, please share it and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE  to my channel. Ok, let’s go to the preparation.

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Aloo Fry Recipe

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Aloo Fry Recipe | Easy Potato Fry

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

Aloo fry recipe is the most frequently prepared one in my kitchen. As per the name 'Easy potato fry', it's a very simple veggie that can be done in a jiffy.

Course: Side Dish, Sidedish for Rice, Stir Fry / Poriyal

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Aloo Fry Recipe, Easy Potato Fry

Servings: 3 People

Author: Priya Santhamohan

Ingredients

1 Cup = 250 ML, 1 tsp = 5 ML

• 4 Potatoes
• 5 to 6 Garlic Pods
• ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
• 2 tsp Chilli Powder
• 1 tsp Sambar Powder Link for Homemade Sambar powder
• 2 tsp Besan flour
• Salt As Required

To Temper

• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• ½ tsp Fennel Seeds
• 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
• 1½ tsp Oil

Instructions

1. Peel the skin of garlic and crush it. Take besan flour in a bowl, add 1 tbsp of water and mix well. Peel the skin of the potato, rinse well and chop into even-sized cubes. In a bowl, add the chopped potato and enough cold water. Let the potato rest in cold water for 15 minutes. This step is optional, but it helps to get rid of extra starch and gives crispy potato. Drain the water completely and keep by side.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and fennel seeds. Let it splutter.
3. Then add curry leaves and crushed garlic. Fry the garlic till nice smell arises but don't burn it.

4. Now add the potato, turmeric powder, chilli powder and sambar powder.

5. Add salt and mix gently till all the pieces get evenly coated with the spice powders. Cook covered in low flame for about 10 minutes.
6. No need to add water for cooking, it gets cooked in the moisture itself. But stir in the middle slowly.

7. Pour besan flour water and mix well. Cook for another 5 minutes in low flame, till the raw smell of besan flour leaves and the potatoes, turn crispy.

   Serve this Aloo fry with lemon rice or sambar rice.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Tips for Aloo Fry Recipe

1. Don't chop the potato too small, as it turns mushy when cooking. Chop it into medium-sized pieces.
2. Chop all the pieces evenly, so it gets cooked evenly inside.
3. Soaking the potato in cold water is optional. But it helps to get rid of extra starch and gives crispy potatoes.
4. Addition of garlic and fennel seeds is optional, but it adds a nice flavour to the aloo fry recipe.
5. Use a non-stick pan or iron skillet to get well-roasted potatoes.
6. Adjust chilli powder as per spice level required for this easy potato fry.
7. For variation, sambar powder can be replaced with amchur powder.
8. Instead of besan flour, rice flour can also be used for crispiness.
9. Always fry in low flame for even cooking and avoid burning of potatoes.
10. Don't stir/mix too much, as the potatoes break and turn mushy.

Aloo Fry Recipe

Method for Easy Potato Fry

1. Peel the skin of garlic and crush it. Take besan flour in a bowl, add 1 tbsp of water and mix well. Peel the skin of the potato, rinse well and chop into even-sized cubes. In a bowl, add the chopped potato and enough cold water. Let the potato rest in cold water for 15 minutes. This step is optional, but it helps to get rid of extra starch and gives crispy potato. Drain the water completely and keep by side.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and fennel seeds. Let it splutter.

3. Then add curry leaves and crushed garlic. Fry the garlic till nice smell arises but don’t burn it.

4. Now add the potato, turmeric powder, chilli powder and sambar powder.

5. Add salt and mix gently till all the pieces get evenly coated with the spice powders. Cook covered in low flame for about 10 minutes.

6. No need to add water for cooking, it gets cooked in the moisture itself. But stir in the middle slowly.

7. Pour besan flour water and mix well. Cook for another 5 minutes in low flame, till the raw smell of besan flour leaves and the potatoes, turn crispy.

Serve this Aloo fry with lemon rice or sambar rice.

Easy Potato Fry