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can any body help me with the receipe of frenchfries Rita replied. In my country, Ireland, my people eat LOTS and LOTS of potatoes everyday, at most mealtimes. At home, my family eat varieties of potatoes, such as Kerr Pinks, Red Roosters, etc. Most Irish use potatoes to make boxty, potato cakes (absolutely delicious), wedges, chips (same as French fries), pan-fried potatoes (delicious), etc. If you have leftover of boiled potatoes, you use the mashed vegetables to make your potato cakes and pan-fry unmashed vegetable in butter (ghee). This might surprise to some of you Indians to know this, most Irish eat their French fries topped with INDIAN CURRY SAUCE. It is the same in Britain and elsewhere in the world.

I thought that Smita' s recipe for French Fries, the McDonald-style is a little too laborious for some readers, especially those with less time on hand. In most homes in the West, chips(also French fries) are made differently.

To make chips or french fries, firstly wash and scrub the potatoes (irish call them spuds). Optionally, peel the skin off the potatoes or leave the skin on, depending on varieties of potatoes. That' s up to you. If you want the skin on chips, buy the New Potatoe variety.
Once washed, chop the potatoes into long strips, about the thickness of your fingers. Dry the chips on tea-towel. Most importantly, make sure that the oil in the deep pan is boiling or nearly boiling ( and bubbling a bit), but be careful as not to let your pan catch fire (if caught fire, use the cloth to smother out fire or flames. Don' t use water to extinguish fire. Cloth is better). Oil must be really HOT, HOT, HOT before you throw in the chipped potatoes - otherwise, your chips come out soggy and greasy. If your oil is sufficiently HOT, your chips come out crispy on surface and flowery on the inside. Add salt and vinegar to your chips or French fries and enjoy. Alternatively, uses sauces, whatever you like. Some like their chips with coleslaw or grated cheddar cheese. I like mine with salt-like herbs.


Smita replied. I have a recipe for French Fries, turns out to be pretty crisp,, mcdonalds way..
1. cut potatos into long strips and keep in cold water wit salt in itfor 10 mins..
2. add turmeric and pressure cook the potatoes... now put water in the cooker, and keep the bowl of french fries in it (no water in the bowl, potatoes should be dry)
3. pressure cook it for 2 whistles and afer that, simmer the gas for 15-20 mins.. then off it..
4. remove and deep fry...
add salt if reqd... chek it out.. Neeraj replied. How difficult can it be? Cut the potatoes and fry them. Then put salt. Normal fench fries don' t have any masala in them.