This recipe for Baby potato fry yields spicy potatoes prepared with peppercorns and cumin. It is a great side dish for the rice and can also be a zesty appetizer.
Searching for a unique recipe yet simple for your lunch? Try these cute-looking, hot, and spicy baby potato fries. This recipe yields spicier potatoes, so beware before proceeding.
If you are hanging out for spicier food like me, you are good and have perfectly landed here in the right place.
If my eyes had a glimpse of these baby potatoes, I would never leave without grabbing a bagful.
Though the taste and texture are the same, they cost a little extra compared to the bigger verities. But nothing can be comparable when gulping up the little spicier bomb.
Are hot versions not of your choice? No worries; reduce or avoid red chilies from the recipe, and you are all set to go!!
Deseeding the green chilies could also reduce the heat of the recipe. Curry leaves, green chilies, and garlic complement each other and bring out the beautiful aroma.
This baby potato fry is best served with tomato rice, Lemon Rice, and capsicum rice.
How to make Baby potato fry
Boil baby potatoes in 1½ cups of water. Cook on medium to high heat for about 10 minutes or until it gets entirely inside. Once cooked, remove from the water and bring to room temperature.
Peel the skin of the potatoes. Assemble all the ingredients. Grind green chilies, red chilies, garlic, curry leaves, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, and pepper in a mixer to a coarse powder.
In medium flame, heat the pan and add cooking oil. Add baby potatoes and salt. And continue to fry in medium-low heat till the outer skin becomes golden brown.
Now add the ground spice mixer and continue to fry till the spices get cooked and start evolving a beautiful aroma.
Transfer to the serving bowl. Fried rice, sambar rice, and rasam rice are nice pairs. I love to have it as an appetizer, also.
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Printable recipe card
Baby potato fry
Ingredients
Prepping
- 500 grams baby potatoes
- 11/2 cup water
For grinding
- 3 green chili / serrano pepper
- 3 red chili
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
- ½ tablespoon cumin seeds
- ½ tablespoon whole black pepper
The making
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- ¾ teaspoon salt or as required
Instructions
The prepping
- Boil baby potatoes on 1½ cup of water. Cook on medium to high heat for about 10 min or until it gets cooked completely inside.
- Once cooked remove from the water and bring to room temperature.
- Peel the skin of the potatoes.
Grinding
- To a blender jar, add green chilies, red chilies, garlic, curry leaves, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, and black pepper.
- And grind it to a coarse mixture.
The Making
- Over medium heat place a pan. Add vegetable oil, baby potato, and salt.
- Over medium-low heat, continue to fry till the potato becomes golden brown.
Nutrition
Tips and Variations spicy baby potato fry recipe:
1. If you wish to minimize the heat in this recipe, deseed the green chilies or avoid red chilies.
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Priya Suresh
So tempting fry, just enough for me to finish my lunch happily with a bowl of rasam rice.
Vicky
I love this new way to prepare potatoes. The kids get bored with the same old roasted potatoes I usually make. The cumin really adds a great flavor to these!
pepperbowl
AMAZING! Thank you Vicky!
rebecca
wow these potatoes are cooked perfectly and PACKED with flavor! They're so tasty and easy. thanks!
pepperbowl
Yay! Thanks rebecca!
Farwin
Oh my! These potatoes were great with plain rice and curry. Will be making them again.
pepperbowl
I’m so happy that it was a hit, Farwin!
Kathleen
Oh, my goodness. Hot and spicy baby potatoes sound marvelous.
pepperbowl
Kathleen, thank you so much for your kind words
TAYLER ROSS
I made these potatoes with dinner last night and they were delicious! The perfect amount of spice!
pepperbowl
Yay! So glad to hear, thank you TAYLER!
Charah
Potato has always been the best food for me, thanks for sharing this recipe
pepperbowl
happy to hear it, thanks Charah!
Kushigalu
Love potatoes in any form. This potato fry looks fantastic. Thanks for the recipe.
pepperbowl
Thank you Kushigalu for sharing this kind review!